Where does “plajo” come from?

plajo (Ido) comes from Russian пляж, from French plage, from Middle French plage, from Italian piaggia, from Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plajo (Ido): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “plajo”, step by step

plajo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пляж

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпляжbeach
2Frenchplagebeach; range
3Middle Frenchplage
4Italianpiaggiastretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of...
5Medieval Latinplagia
6Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
7Latinplagius
8Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
9Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Italian spiaggia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspiaggiabeach; third-person singular present indicative...
2Latinplagiaslope, slant; beach; second-person singular...
3Ancient Greekπλάγια

via Spanish playa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplayabeach; car park; feminine singular of playo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós