Where does “plan” come from?
plan (German) 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.
plan (German): planar, flat; plain, forthright
Definitions
- planar, flat; plain, forthright
Ancestry of “plan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 2 | French | plain | plane |
| 3 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 4 | Latin | plēnus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |