myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of piazza

Etymology of the Italian word piazza

the Italian word piazza

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-

French piazza, Romanian piaţă

Dutch platform, Dutch plaats, Dutch plaatsen, English place, English platform, French placer, French plate-forme, French place, German Plattform, German plazieren, German Platz, Norwegian plattform, Norwegian plass, Norwegian plassere, Polish plac, Provençal plassa, Swedish plattform, Swedish plats, Swedish placera, Yiddish plats