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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | platino | platinum; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | platina | platen; Alternative form of platino; inflection... |
| 3 | French | platine | platinum; platter; turntable |
| 4 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 5 | Middle French | plat | flat |
| 6 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |