Where does “plasă” come from?
plasă (Romanian) comes from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
plasă (Romanian): net; mesh, wire netting; bag or other object made...
Definitions
- net; mesh, wire netting; bag or other object made...
Ancestry of “plasă”, step by step
plasă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French placer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | placer | to place; to seat |
| 2 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 3 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 4 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |