English

Loess Plateau

From loess + plateau.

A compound of loess + plateau

German Löss ‘yellowish-gray soil’

English loess

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘to spread, extend’

French plat ‘a plate’

French plateau

Today it means

name A plateau that covers an area of some 640,000 km² in the upper and middle reaches of China's Yellow River.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Loess Plateau