Where does “place” come from?

place (Middle English) comes from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

place (Middle English): A place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe

Definitions

  1. A place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe

Ancestry of “place”, step by step

place traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French place

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaceplace; location
2Latinplatēabroad way, street
3Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
4Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Old English plæċe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishplæċeplace, an open space, street

Words derived from “place

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς