English
Plano
Plano comes from Spanish plano ‘flat’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500plano
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘flat’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Plano
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500plano
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘flat’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Plano
Earliest quotation: 2025, Jordan Valinsky, KFC is leaving Kentucky: “The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, palm, planet, clan, archipelago, fluke, parma, flounder, placenta, playa, palatine, lech, polonium, pelagic, placate, veld, implacable, floe, flay, purdah, plantar, planta, 46 more
through Proto-Italic *plānos
unexplainable, explainable, 11 more
through Latin plānus ‘level, flat, even’
explain, explanation, plain, plane, explanatory, planar, esplanade, llano, 14 more
Today it means
name A place in the United States: A city in Kendall County, Illinois, suburb of Chicago
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / Plano