Where does “esplanar” come from?

esplanar (Spanish) comes from Catalan pla, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

esplanar (Spanish): to flatten

Definitions

  1. to flatten

Ancestry of “esplanar”, step by step

esplanar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan pla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanplaflat, even, level; paroxytone, stressed on the...
2Frenchplanplan; map; plane
3Frenchplainplane
4Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
5Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
6Proto-Italicplēnosfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Latin explanō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexplanōto flatten or spread out
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “esplanar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →