The story
- Latin · derived fromfōrma“shape; figure; form”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπλατύς“flat”
- Old French · derived fromplat
- Middle French · derived fromplateforme“a flat form”
- English todayplatform
From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchplat all →
platplatt
Ancient Greekπλατύς all →
plateplatplaiceplaty-platypnea
Latinfōrma all →
form
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.