Proto-Hellenic

*plətús

‘wide, broad’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *plətús.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *plətús, most familiar first.

• plane ← platanus ← πλάτανος ← πλατύς
• plate ← plata ← *plat(t)us ← πλατύς
• platinum ← platina ← plata ← *plattus ← πλατύς
• plaza ← platea ← πλᾰτεῖᾰ ← πλᾰτῠ́ς
• plat ← *plattus ← πλατύς
• platitude ← plat ← plat ← plat ← *plattus
• plaice ← playce ← plaiz ← platessa ← πλατύς
• platen ← platine ← plat ← plat ← plat
• plafond ← fond ← plat ← plat ← plat
• platysma ← πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ ← πλᾰτῠ́νω ← πλᾰτῠ́ς
• plateia ← πλατεία ← πλατεῖα ← πλατύς
• plateresque ← plateresco ← platero ← plata ← *platta

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *plətús