Etymograph

English

plateasm

Plateasm comes from Ancient Greek πλατειασμός ‘flat, broad pronunciation, describing the…’, and goes back to πλατεῖα.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλατεῖα1
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλατειασμός1plateiasmós‘flat, broad pronunciation, describing the Dorians’
  3. Englishtodayplateasm1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English plateasm

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλατεῖαWiktionary, English plateasm
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλατειασμόςWiktionary, English plateasmplateiasmós‘flat, broad pronunciation, describing the Dorians’
  3. EnglishtodayplateasmWiktionary, English plateasm

Linked words

through Ancient Greek πλατεῖα

displacement, piazza, platz, 6 more

Today it means

noun An overly broad or full style of pronunciation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “plateasm”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλατεῖα / plateasm

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