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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπλατειασμός“flat, broad pronunciation, describing the Dorians”
- English todayplateasm
From Ancient Greek πλατειασμός (plateiasmós, “flat, broad pronunciation, describing the Dorians”), from πλατεῖα (plateîa), πλατύς (platús, “flat, broad”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.