Where does “place” come from?

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

place (Old French): place; location

Definitions

  1. place; location

Ancestry of “place”, step by step

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

Words derived from “place”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →