Where does “plátáil” come from?

plátáil (Irish) comes from Irish pláta, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

plátáil (Irish): plate, sheet, armor; cast, stereotype; verbal...

Definitions

  1. plate, sheet, armor; cast, stereotype; verbal...

Ancestry of “plátáil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishplátaplate
2Old Frenchplatea flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor
3Medieval Latinplatasilver
4Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plátáil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →