Where does “plăticuță” come from?
plăticuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian plătică, from Bulgarian платика, from English platy, from English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
Ancestry of “plăticuță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | plătică | carp bream (Abramis brama) |
| 2 | Bulgarian | платика | bream freshwater fish of family |
| 3 | English | platy | Resembling plates; Of a field semy of plates;... |
| 4 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 5 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |