Etymology

planar

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a plane. Full definition →

Late Latin plānārius ← Latin plānus ← Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₂-“flat”
  2. Latin · derived fromplānus“flat”, “level”
  3. Late Latin · borrowed fromplānārius“relating to a plane”
  4. 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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