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Reconstruction:Latin/plattus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, wide; broad). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *flataz. First attested in Old French (1100 CE).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplattos/

Adjective

*plattus (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. flattened
  • *platta

Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Italian: piatto (see there for further descendants)
    • Neapolitan: chiatto
    • Sicilian: chiattu
  • Old French: plat
    • Middle French: plat
    • Middle Dutch: plat
      • Dutch: plat (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: plat
    • Middle English: plat
    • Middle Low German: plat
  • Catalan: plat
  • Romansch: plat
  • Sardinian: prattu
  • Venetian: piat
    • → Montenegrin: пјат / pjat
  • West Iberian:
  • Aragonese: plato
  • Asturian: platu
  • Basque: plater
  • Galician: prato
  • Portuguese: prato
  • Spanish: plato

From *platta: (Romance descendants probably semi-learned)

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