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Where does “plācō” come from?

plācō (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European plāk-, from Proto-Indo-European pele- — broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat.

Ancestry of “plācō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplāk-broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpele-broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat
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