Where does “plassering” come from?
plassering (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål plassere, from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
plassering (Norwegian Bokmål): position; placement
Ancestry of “plassering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | plassere | to place, set |
| 2 | French | placer | to place; to seat |
| 3 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 4 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 5 | Latin | platēa | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |