plaza

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
3. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
4. Ancient Greekπλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)
5. Ancient Greekπλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă)
6. Latinplatea
7. Spanishplaza
8. English todayplaza

Borrowed from Spanish plaza (“town-square or central place of gathering”), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, place, and platz.

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