Where does “plans” come from?

plans (French) comes from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plans (French): masculine plural of plan

Definitions

  1. masculine plural of plan

Ancestry of “plans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplanplan; map; plane
2Frenchplainplane
3Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
4Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
5Proto-Italicplēnosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →