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Where does “Platonicus” come from?

Platonicus (Latin) comes from Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “Platonicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPlato—
2Ancient GreekΠλάτωνPlato
3Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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