Where does “πλάτος” come from?

πλάτος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πλάτος, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂os, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

πλάτος (Greek): width, breadth

Definitions

  1. width, breadth

Ancestry of “πλάτος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπλάτοςbreadth, width; celestial latitude, declination
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂osbreadth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂os →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάτος →