myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of platina

Etymology of the Italian word platina

the Italian word platina

derived from the Old French word platine

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-