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Where does “plásóg” come from?

plásóg (Irish) comes from Irish plás, from Anglo-Norman place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

plásóg (Irish): lawn; plot; green

Definitions

  1. lawn; plot; green

Ancestry of “plásóg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishplása place; a plaza; plaice
2Anglo-Normanplaceopen space; place; location
3Latinplatēa—
4Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
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