myEtymology.com: French etymology of place

Etymology of the French word place

the French word place

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *plattea

derived from the Classical Latin word platea (broad way, street)

derived from the Greek word plateia, πλατεῖα (a wide 'plat' or 'place'; open square)

derived from the Greek word platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plat-

Dutch platform, Dutch plaats, Dutch plaatsen, English place, English platform, French placer, French plate-forme, 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 plats