Where does “plan” come from?

plan (Spanish) comes from Spanish plano, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

plan (Spanish): plan; scheme; intention

Definitions

  1. plan; scheme; intention

Ancestry of “plan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplanoplane, level; flat; plane
2Latinplānuslevel, flat, even
3Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
4Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—

Words derived from “plan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti →Every word from Ancient Greek πλανάω →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάνος →