Where does “Äarplän” come from?
Äarplän (Plautdietsch) comes from English airplane, from English plane, from Middle English plane, from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Greek πλάτανος, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
Äarplän (Plautdietsch): airplane
Definitions
- airplane
Ancestry of “Äarplän”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | airplane | A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed... |
| 2 | English | plane | Of a surface: flat or level; A level or flat... |
| 3 | Middle English | plane | — |
| 4 | Old French | plane | — |
| 5 | Latin | platanus | planetree, sycamore |
| 6 | Greek | πλάτανος | plane tree |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλάτανος | planetree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |