Proto-Indo-European

*pleth₂-

‘flat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-, most familiar first.

• flat ← flatr ← *flataz
• plane ← platanus ← πλάτανος ← πλατύς ← *plətús
• plate ← plata ← *plat(t)us ← πλατύς ← *plətús
• platinum ← platina ← plata ← *plattus ← πλατύς
• plaza ← platea ← πλᾰτεῖᾰ ← πλᾰτῠ́ς ← *plətús
• lateral ← laterālis ← latus
• collateral ← collaterālis ← latus
• plateau ← plat
• piazza ← platea ← πλατεῖα
• plat ← *plattus ← πλατύς ← *plətús ← *pléth₂us
• plantain ← planteyne ← plainteine ← plaintain ← plantāgō
• flan ← flaon ← fladonem ← *flaþō

More words from *pleth₂-

• platitude
• plaice
• platen
• latus
• plafond
• platysma
• flet
• fieldy
• plateia
• flathe
• piatza
• plateresque
• platetrope
• pudgala
• place

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-