英语词汇“Indo-European root: pelə-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: pelə-

释义

‌‌pelə-²
Flat; to spread. Oldest form *pelh₂‑; variant *pleh₂‑, colored to *plah₂‑, becoming *plā‑.
Derivatives include field, planet, plasma, plastic, and polka.

Suffixed form *pel(ə)-tu‑. field, from Old English feld, open field, from Germanic *felthuz, flat land.
Suffixed form *pel(ə)-t-es‑ (by-form of *pel(ə)-tu‑).
1. feldspar, from Old High German feld, field;
2. veld, from Middle Dutch veld, velt, field. Both a and b from Germanic *feltha‑, flat land.
Variant form *plā‑.
1. Suffixed form *plā-ru‑. floor, from Old English flōr, floor, from Germanic *flōruz, floor;
2. suffixed form *plā-no‑. llano, piano², plain, planarian, plane¹, plane², plane³, planish, plano-, planula; esplanade, explain, pianoforte, from Latin plānus, flat, level, even, plain, clear.
Suffixed zero-grade form *pl̥ə-mā‑. palm¹, palm², palmary, palmier, from Latin palma (< *palama), palm of the hand.
Possibly extended variant form *plan‑.
1. planet; aplanatic, from Greek planāsthai, to wander (< "to spread out");
2. perhaps Germanic *flan‑. flâneur, from French flâner, to walk the streets idly, from a source akin to Old Norse flana, to wander aimlessly.
Suffixed zero-grade form *plə-dh‑. -plasia, plasma, -plast, plaster, plastic, plastid, -plasty; dysplasia, metaplasm, toxoplasma, from Greek plassein (< *plath-yein), to mold, "spread out.".
O-grade form *polə‑.
1. polynya, from Russian polyĭ, open;
2. Polack, polka, from Slavic *polje, broad flat land, field.

[Pokorny pelə‑ 805.]
See also extensions plāk-¹, plat-.

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