Where does “plan” come from?

plan (Kashubian) comes from Polish plan, from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

Ancestry of “plan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishplanplan; set
2EnglishplanA drawing showing technical details of a...
3Frenchplanplan; map; plane
4Frenchplainplane
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Italic plēnos