Where does “plafonok” come from?
plafonok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian plafon, from German Plafond, from French plafond, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
plafonok (Hungarian): nominative plural of plafon
Definitions
- nominative plural of plafon
Ancestry of “plafonok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | plafon | ceiling |
| 2 | German | Plafond | flat ceiling; maximum |
| 3 | French | plafond | ceiling |
| 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 |