Where does “plafono” come from?
plafono (Ido) comes from Esperanto plafono, from French plafond, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
plafono (Ido): ceiling
Ancestry of “plafono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | plafono | ceiling |
| 2 | French | plafond | ceiling |
| 3 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 4 | Middle French | plat | — |
| 5 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |