English
llano
Llano comes from Spanish llano ‘even, flat, level’, 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’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentllano‘even, flat, level’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006llano
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentllano‘even, flat, level’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006llano
Earliest quotation: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day: “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, palm, planet, clan, archipelago, fluke, parma, playa, placenta, flounder, palatine, placate, lech, polonium, implacable, pelagic, veld, plantar, floe, flay, purdah, planta, 46 more
through Proto-Italic *plānos
plane, explanation, explanatory, planar, unexplainable, esplanade, explainable, 11 more
through Latin plānus ‘level, flat, even’
Today it means
noun A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / llano