English
altiplano
Altiplano comes from Spanish altiplano ‘a high plateau’, from plano ‘plane, level’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.
- 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 CEplānu
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500plano
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘plane, level’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaltiplano‘a high plateau’
- Englishtodaysame form
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 CEplānu
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500plano
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘plane, level’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaltiplano‘a high plateau’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, planet, palm, clan, fluke, archipelago, parma, playa, flounder, placenta, lech, polonium, pelagic, placate, implacable, palatine, veld, flay, floe, plantar, purdah, planta, 45 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós
unexplainable, explainable, 10 more
through Proto-Italic *plānos
explain, plane, plain, explanation, explanatory, planar, esplanade, llano, 12 more
Today it means
noun a high plateau
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / altiplano