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Indo European "pele-" meaning "to be flat, to spread"

became

Slavic "polje" meaning "flat land"

Polish "polak" meaning "a person who farms the flat land"

polka meaning "a Polish woman"

polka (a kind of dance)

polka dot

Germanic "flan" meaning "to wander"

French "flaner" meaning "to wander the streets"

French "flaneur" meaning "an idle man"

flaneur

The word "flaneur" is not very common in English.

In the nineteenth century, the flaneur was seen as a kind of gentleman -- a "man of leisure" who enjoys life by observing the world. Nowadays the word usually refers to someone who is lazy and disengaged.

Germanic "felthuz" meaning "flat land"

Old English "feld" meaning "field"

field

feldspar

Feldspar is "field mineral" -- that is, a kind of rock found in fields.

Dutch "veldt"

veldt

"Veldt" is not a common word in English. It's used mostly to refer to the grasslands of Africa.

Germanic "floruz" meaning "floor"

Old English "flor" meaning "floor"

floor

Latin "palma" meaning "palm of hand"

palm

inspired

palm tree

The palm tree was named after the resemblance of its leafy branches to a human palm.

Latin "planus" meaning "flat, level, plain"

pianoforte

The Latin word "planus," meaning "flat" or "level," became the Italian word "piano," which meant "soft." This word was combined with another Italian word -- "forte" that meant "strong," to create "piano e forte," meaning "soft and loud," because that musical instrument had the ability to be played at different volumes. Over time, "piano e forte" became "pianoforte," which was eventually shortened to just "piano."

piano

plain

plane

A plane, in geometry, is a flat or two-dimensional surface.

plan

A plan is a sketch made on a flat surface.

explain

When you explain something, you make it "plain" to the other person -- that is, you make it flat, so that there are no obstacles in the way of understanding it.

esplanade

airplane

Greek "plassein" meaning "to spread out, to mold"

plastic

plasma

plaster

Greek "planastai" meaning "to spread out, to wander"

planet

Unlike the seemingly fixed stars, planets wander through the sky.

Indo European "plat-" meaning "to spread"

Latin "planta" meaning "sole of the foot"

Latin "plantare" meaning "to drive into the ground with the foot"

supplant

"Supplant" originally meant "to make some trip." It now means "to replace someone, especially by sneaky means."

Latin "planta" meaning "a sprout"

plant

clan

A clan is a group of related people -- in other words, they have all grown from the same "sprout."

Old French "flater" meaning "to smooth down"

flatter

Old English "flett" meaning "floor"

flat (UK English for "apartment")

Old Norse "flatr" meaning "flat"

flat

Old Swedish "flundra" meaning "flat-fish"

flounder

Latin "flado" meaning "flat-cake"

flan

A flan is a dessert with a flat top.

Greek "platus" meaning "broad"

piazza

plateau

place

Spanish "plata" meaning "silver plate"

platinum

This is a great video! I never knew that platinum was so rare!

platitude

platypus

A platypus is a strange creature that is named after its feet. The word "platypus" actually means "flat foot."

plate