Where does “плафон” come from?
плафон (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French plafond, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
плафон (Serbo-Croatian): ceiling
Ancestry of “плафон”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | plafond | ceiling |
| 2 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 3 | Middle French | plat | — |
| 4 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |