Where does “плажа//plaža” come from?
плажа//plaža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French plage, from Middle French plage, from Italian piaggia, from Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “плажа//plaža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plage | beach; range |
| 2 | Middle French | plage | — |
| 3 | Italian | piaggia | stretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | plagia | — |
| 5 | Latin | plāga | plague, misfortune |
| 6 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |