Etymology of the English word platform
the English word
platformderived from the Old French word
plate-formederived from the Old French word
platderived from the Vulgar Latin word
plattusderived from the Greek word
platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plat-derived from the Old French word
formederived from the Latin word
forma (form; shape, likeness; form, likeness; shape, form; form, figure, appearance)
derived from the Greek word
formaCognates
Dutch
platform, Dutch
plaats, Dutch
plaatsen, English
place, French
placer, French
plate-forme, French
place, German
Plattform, German
plazieren, German
Platz, Italian
piazza, Norwegian
plattform, Norwegian
plass, Norwegian
plassere, Polish
plac, Provençal
plassa, Swedish
plattform, Swedish
plats, Swedish
placera, Yiddish
platsUsage
Word found in Modern English
