myEtymology.com: French etymology of plate-forme

Etymology of the French word plate-forme

the Old French word plate-forme

derived from the Old French word plat

derived from the Vulgar Latin word plattus

derived 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 forme

derived from the Latin word forma (form; shape, likeness; form, likeness; shape, form; form, figure, appearance)

derived from the Greek word forma

English platform, Portuguese plataforma, Romanian platformă, Spanish plataforma

Dutch platform, Dutch plaats, Dutch plaatsen, English place, English platform, French placer, 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 plats

Word found in Old French