Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA town's public square. · An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches. · A strip mall. · A shopping mall.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s) Ancient Greek πλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă)bor. Latin plateaslbor. Spanish plazabor. English plaza 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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