Etymology

piatza

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Today it means: Marketplace, meeting place. Full definition →

Italian piazza ← Ancient Greek πλατεῖα
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piatza · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλατεῖα
  2. Italian · derived frompiazza
  3. English todaypiatza

Likely from Italian piazza, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa); see more at piazza. Doublet of piazza, place, platz, and plaza

piatza · noun2

  1. Proto-Cariban · derived from*pɨjati
  2. Cariban · borrowed from
  3. English todaypiatza

From a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Trió pïjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači (“shaman”) (from Proto-Taranoan *pɨjaci, from the Proto-Cariban term).

Words from the same roots

Italianpiazza all →

piazzapizer

Ancient Greekπλατεῖα all →

placeplaza

Proto-Cariban*pɨjati all →

piai

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