Where does “Platinmetallgruppe” come from?
Platinmetallgruppe (German) comes from German Platinmetall, 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 — flat.
Platinmetallgruppe (German): platinum metal group
Ancestry of “Platinmetallgruppe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Platinmetall | platinum metal |
| 2 | German | Platin | platinum |
| 3 | French | platine | platinum; platter; turntable |
| 4 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 5 | Middle French | plat | — |
| 6 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |