The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₂-“flat”
- Latin · derived fromplānus“flat”, “level”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromplānārius“relating to a plane”
- English todayplanar
From Late Latin plānārius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin plānus (“flat”, “level”), equivalent to plane + -ar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
Words from the same roots
Late Latinplānārius all →
planarianplanular
Latinplānus all →
planplainplani-planishplanular
Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.