Where does “peneplenă” come from?

peneplenă (Romanian) comes from French pénéplaine, from English peneplain, from English plain, from Middle English pleyn, from Anglo-Norman pleyn, from Old French playn, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus — to fill.

peneplenă (Romanian): peneplain

Definitions

  1. peneplain

Ancestry of “peneplenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpénéplainepeneplain
2EnglishpeneplainA low-relief plain representing the final stage...
3EnglishplainFlat, level; Simple; Obvious
4Middle Englishpleynclear; unambiguous
5Anglo-NormanpleynAlternative form of plein
6Old Frenchplayn
7Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
8Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
9Proto-Italicplēnosfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “peneplenă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-