Reconstruction:Latin/plattus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*platus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplat.tus/, [ˈpɫat.tʊs]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈplat.tus/, [ˈplat.tos]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂us, zero grade of *pleth₂os (whence πλάτος (plátos)). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *flataz, Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthú), Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬎‎ (pərəθu) and Lithuanian platus; compare English flat and Old Norse flatr (which is the source of the English term).

Adjective

*plattus

flattened

Related terms

*platta

Descendants

Italian: piatto
- → Greek: πιάτο (piáto)
- → Piedmontese: piat
Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
- Aragonese: chato
Old French: plat
- Middle French: plat
  - French: plat
    - → Romanian: plat
  - Norman: pliat (Jèrriais)
- → Middle Dutch: plat
  - Dutch: plat
    - Afrikaans: plat
    - → Sranan Tongo: plata
  - Limburgish: plat
- → Middle English: plat
  - English: plat
  - Scots: plat
- → Middle Low German: plat
  - → Danish: plat
  - → German: platt
  - → Swedish: platt
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: chatu
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: plat
Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: chato
- Portuguese: chato
Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: chato
  - → Catalan: xato
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: plat
Sardinian: prattu
Venetian: piat
→ Aragonese: plato
→ Asturian: platu
→ Basque: plater
→ Galician: prato
→ Portuguese: prato
→ Spanish: plato
- → Chavacano: plato
- → Tagalog: plato
- → Waray-Waray: plato

*platta

Romance descendants probably semi-learned

Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
- Aragonese: plata
Old French: plate, platte
- → Middle English: [Term?]
  - English: plate
    - → Maori: pereti
    - → Hindi: प्लेट (pleṭ)
  - Scots: plate
- → Irish: pláta
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: plata
Old Portuguese: prata
- Galician: prata
- Portuguese: prata
Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: plata
Venetian: prata
→ Middle Low German: plate
- → Estonian: plaat
- → Latvian: plate
→ Old High German: platta (late)
- Middle High German: plate
  - Cimbrian: platta
  - German: Platte
    - → Czech: plát
→ Old Norse: plata
- Icelandic: plata
- Norwegian: plate