Where does “Platinelektrode” come from?

Platinelektrode (German) comes from German Platin, from French platine, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.

Platinelektrode (German): platinum electrode

Definitions

  1. platinum electrode

Ancestry of “Platinelektrode”, step by step

Platinelektrode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Platin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPlatinplatinum
2Frenchplatineplatinum; platter; turntable
3Frenchplatflat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat...
4Middle Frenchplatflat
5Old Frenchplata footbridge
6Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via German Elektrode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanElektrodeelectrode
2Englishelectrodethe terminal through which electric current...
3Ancient Greekὁδόςthreshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,...
4Proto-Hellenic*hodós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →