Where does “plain” come from?

plain (Romansch) comes from Latin plenus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plain (Romansch): full

Definitions

  1. full

Ancestry of “plain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplenusfull; filled; complete
2Proto-Italicplēnosfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →