"flake" + "flat" + "plate" + "place"

words that all have to do with evenness
2025-09-21 11:42 // updated 2026-03-03 12:41

flake

  • Old Norse flak ("torn piece")
    • Proto-Germanic *flaką ("something flat")
      • PIE *pleh2 ("flat")

flat

  • Old Norse flatr ("flat")
    • Proto-Germanic *flataz ("flat")
      • PIE *pleth2- ("flat")
        • synonym of *pleh2 ("flat")

plate

  • Old French plate ("plate")
    • Latin plata ("wagon")
      • Old Greek platús ("flat")
        • PIE *pleth2- ("flat")

place

  • Latin platea ("plaza, wide street")
    • Old Greek plateia hodos ("broad way")
      • PIE *pleth2- ("flat")
        • synonym of *pleh2 ("flat")

on wiktionary

see also

  • field
  • fold
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