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
- beach
Ancestry of “plajo”, step by step
plajo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пляж
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пляж | beach |
| 2 | French | plage | beach; range |
| 3 | Middle French | plage | — |
| 4 | Italian | piaggia | stretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | plagia | — |
| 6 | Latin | plāga | plague, misfortune |
| 7 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Italian spiaggia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spiaggia | beach; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | plagia | slope, slant; beach; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλάγια | — |
via Spanish playa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | playa | beach; car park; feminine singular of playo |