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Where does “planalto” come from?

planalto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Plano, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

planalto (Portuguese): plateau

Definitions

  1. plateau

Ancestry of “planalto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePlano—
2Latinplānus—
3Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
4Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti →