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)

flattened

Related terms

*platta

Descendants

Italo-Dalmatian
- Italian: piatto (see there for further descendants)
- Neapolitan: chiatto
  - → Italian: chiatto
- Sicilian: chiattu
Old French: plat
- Middle French: plat
  - French: plat
    - → Romanian: plat
  - Norman: pliat (Jèrriais)
- → Middle Dutch: plat
  - Dutch: plat (see there for further descendants)
  - Limburgish: plat
- → Middle English: plat
  - English: plat
  - Scots: plat
- → Middle Low German: plat
  - → Danish: plat
  - → German: platt
  - → Swedish: platt
Catalan: plat
Romansch: plat
Sardinian: prattu
Venetian: piat
- → Montenegrin: пјат / pjat
West Iberian:
- Aragonese: chato
- Asturian: chatu
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: chato
  - Portuguese: chato
- Spanish: chato
  - → Catalan: xato
→ Aragonese: plato
→ Asturian: platu
→ Basque: plater
→ Galician: prato
→ Mirandese: prato
→ Portuguese: prato
→ Spanish: plato

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

Old French: plate (see there for further descendants)
Catalan: plata
Venetian: prata
West Iberian:
- Aragonese: plata
- Old Galician-Portuguese: prata
  - Galician: prata
  - Portuguese: prata
- Spanish: plata
→ Middle Low German: plate
- → Estonian: plaat
- → Latvian: plate
→ Old High German: platta
- Middle High German: plate
  - Cimbrian: platta
  - German: Platte
    - → Czech: plát
    - → Kashubian: plata
→ Old Norse: plata
- Icelandic: plata
- Norwegian: plate