Where does “piatto fondo” come from?

piatto fondo (Italian) comes from Italian piatto, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

piatto fondo (Italian): soup plate

Definitions

  1. soup plate

Ancestry of “piatto fondo”, step by step

piatto fondo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian piatto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiattoflat; plate; dish
2Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
3Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Italian fondo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfondodeep; bottom; fund
2Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →