myEtymology.com: Romanian etymology of platină

Etymology of the Romanian word platină

the Romanian word platină

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-