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Ville Platte

Ville Platte comes from French ville ‘town, city’, from Latin vīlla ‘country house’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘settlement’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘settlement’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weikslāreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīlla‘country house’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400ville‘city or town’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘city or town’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘town, city’
  7. EnglishtodayVille Platte

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘settlement’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weikslāreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīlla‘country house’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400ville‘city or town’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘city or town’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘town, city’
  7. EnglishtodayVille Platte

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘settlement’

parish, ecology, vicinity, diocese, wick, parochial, 40 more

through Proto-Italic *weikslā

villain, 6 more

through Latin vīlla ‘country house’

village, villa, 7 more

through French ville ‘town, city’

vaudeville, 1 more

Today it means

name A city, the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- / Ville Platte

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