Where does “plage” come from?
plage (Middle French) comes from Italian piaggia, from Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “plage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | piaggia | stretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | plagia | — |
| 3 | Latin | plāga | — |
| 4 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |