Where does “Stellplatz” come from?

Stellplatz (German) comes from German platz, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

Stellplatz (German): parking place

Definitions

  1. parking place

Ancestry of “Stellplatz”, step by step

Stellplatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German platz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplatzsingular imperative of platzen
2Frenchplaceplace, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;...
3Old Frenchplaceplace; location
4Latinplatēabroad way, street
5Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
6Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via German Stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
2Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
3Old High Germanstellen
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς