Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₂-
‘flat’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
79 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-, most familiar first.
- field ← feld ← feld ← *felþu ← *felþuz
- floor ← flōr ← *flōr ← *flōraz ← *pleh₂ros
- explain ← explanen ← explaner ← explanō ← planō
- plane ← plānum ← plānus ← *plānos ← *pl̥h₂nós
- planet ← planete ← planete ← planeta ← πλανήτης
- explanation ← explanatio ← explanō ← plānus ← *plānos
- plain ← pleyn ← pleyn ← plānus ← *plānos
- palm ← palme ← palma ← *palamā ← *pl̥h₂meh₂
- palmer ← paumier ← palmārius ← palma ← *palamā
- clan ← clann ← clann ← cland ← plant
- archipelago ← arcipelago ← pelago ← pelagus ← πέλαγος
- explanatory ← explānātōrius ← explānāt- ← explanō ← plānus
More words from *pleh₂-
- playa
- fluke
- placenta
- planar
- parma
- napalm
- palatine
- esplanade
- flounder
- placate
- planetarium
- plantar
- implacable
- pelagic
- placental
- unexplainable
- lech
- flay
- polonium
- explainable
- veld
- palmar
- llano
- floe
- planta
- purdah
- altiplano
- pleura
- planum
- pelagian
- palmate
- plagal
- planitia
- planarian
- polje
- cromlech
- plantigrade
- placation
- placoid
- aquaplane
- explanandum
- explanator
- explanans
- laminiplantar
- llanero
- paladar
- palacsinta
- palmito
- palmigrade
- palmary
- pelagosaur
- placable
- planula
- planish
- plakous
- pleuritis
- plagionite
- planetule
- plantule
- plagihedral
- planetic
- planidium
- planetality
- planular
- placula
- polonyna
- somatopleure
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-