Where does “chãa” come from?
chãa (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin plāna, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.
Ancestry of “chãa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | plāna | smoothing plane |
| 2 | Latin | plānus | level, flat, even |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλάνος | wandering |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλανάω | to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl-néh₂-ti | — |