Where does “plane” come from?

plane (German) comes from English plain, from Middle English pleyn, from Anglo-Norman pleyn, from Old French playn, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

plane (German): inflection of planen: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of planen: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “plane”, step by step

plane traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English plain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplainFlat, level; Simple; Obvious
2Middle Englishpleynclear; unambiguous
3Anglo-NormanpleynAlternative form of plein
4Old Frenchplayn—
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Middle High German blā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanblāblue
2Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
3Proto-West Germanicblāublue
4Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via French plaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplainefeminine singular of plain; plain
2Latinplēnum—

Words derived from “plane”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →