Where does “platinare” come from?

platinare (Italian) comes from Italian platino, from Italian platina, from French platine, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.

platinare (Italian): to platinize; to dye or bleach the hair platinum...

Definitions

  1. to platinize; to dye or bleach the hair platinum...

Ancestry of “platinare”, step by step

platinare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian platino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianplatinoplatinum; first-person singular present...
2Italianplatinaplaten; Alternative form of platino; inflection...
3Frenchplatineplatinum; platter; turntable
4Frenchplatflat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat...
5Middle Frenchplatflat
6Old Frenchplata footbridge
7Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
8Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Romanian platină

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplatinăplatinum
2Frenchplatinerto platinize

Words derived from “platinare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-