Where does “plaža” come from?

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.

plaža (Serbo-Croatian): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “plaža”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplagebeach; range
2Middle Frenchplage—
3Italianpiaggiastretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of...
4Medieval Latinplagia—
5Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
6Latinplagius—
7Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
8Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος →