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Platonics

From Platonic after -ics.

Formed from Platonic + Plato + -s + -n- + -ics

Latin Platōnicus ‘Platonic, of or pertaining to Plato’

English Platonic

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘flat’

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Ancient Greek πλατύς ‘broad, wide’

Ancient Greek Πλάτων

Latin Platō

Middle English Plato

English Plato

Another origin of Platonics

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleth₂-‘flat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléth₂us‘flat, broad’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*plətús‘wide, broad’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰτῠ́ς‘broad’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠλάτων
  6. EnglishtodayPlatonics

Today it means

noun The study of Platonic crystals.

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