Etymology

Laplace

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Today it means: A surname from French, famously held by Full definition →

French Laplace ← Old French place ← Latin platēa
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Laplace · proper noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Italic*olnos
  3. Old Latinolle
  4. Latinille
  5. Latinilla
  6. Old Frenchla
  7. Middle Frenchla
  8. Frenchla
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
  11. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
  12. Ancient Greekπλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)
  13. Ancient Greekπλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă)
  14. Latinplatēa
  15. Old Frenchplace
  16. Frenchplace
  17. FrenchLaplace
  18. English todayLaplace

Borrowed from French Laplace.

LaPlace · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromLa Place
  2. English todayLaPlace

From French La Place, from la (“the”)+place (“place”).

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