{"id":23890,"date":"2025-02-09T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23890"},"modified":"2025-02-09T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:11:11","slug":"little-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23890","title":{"rendered":"Little Dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the word <strong>plateau<\/strong> related to  <strong>plate<\/strong>, <strong>platypus<\/strong>, <strong>plaza<\/strong>, <strong>pizza<\/strong>, <strong>place<\/strong>, <strong>flat<\/strong> and <strong>fold<\/strong>? Or is one of these words an odd one out? Let&#8217;s investigate.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jmenj\/48969074008\/in\/photolist-2hBeiDs-2kxpRHR-cKKiAG-95p83N-ecnn3J-b5eBWi-3hsear-arWE5d-arWBj5-9FxTCP-9FxT9P-3w2yzC-9FAStf-2j3i7bS-2Tdggk-2Td6ua-2iuSwwr-6j7EBk-apEkvJ-2hDhva3-W49pRW-2Tcy28-2ThbfA-2atkoFj-2iuV29L-2TcAvg-2Th11L-2ThdFJ-2hDhv8z-2TgZkA-5wkN9J-2mk4Hkv-2Thpxu-2TcHmv-2Th7Sw-2ThCpS-2TcD4r-2qFtLm4-2kDBzD6-2ThrtW-2aefkk6-2ThNBA-2Th4X9-2ThyKw-DBkzUS-7ZNJVW-9xYddq-2ThbQu-naFjEe-2Th5mq\" title=\"Vercors\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48969074008_a1eedb7c31_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Vercors\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plateau<\/strong> [\u02c8pl\u00e6t\u0259\u028a \/ pl\u00e6\u02c8to\u028a] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.<\/li>\n<li>A comparatively stable level after a period of increase.<\/li>\n<li>A notable level of attainment or achievement.<\/li>\n<li>To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from French <strong>plateau<\/strong> (flat area, tray, plateau, stage, (TV) set, chain-ring), from <strong>plat<\/strong> (flat, flat area of ground, flat thing, a dish or course) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/plateau#English\">source<\/a>] and the diminutive ending <strong>-eau<\/strong>, which can also be added to words like <strong>\u00e9l\u00e9phant<\/strong> and <strong>z\u00e8bre<\/strong> to make <strong>\u00e9l\u00e9phanteau<\/strong> (a young [male] elephant, calf) and <strong>z\u00e9breau<\/strong> (young zebra) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/-eau#French\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Plat<\/strong> comes from Middle French <em>plat<\/em> (flat), from Old French <em>plat<\/em> (flat, a footbridge), from Vulgar Latin <em>*plattus<\/em> (flattened), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03c4\u03cd\u03c2<\/em> (plat\u00fas &#8211; broad, flat), from Proto-Hellenic <em>*pl\u0259t\u00fas<\/em>, from Proto-Indo-European <em>*pl\u00e9th\u2082us<\/em> (flat, broad), from <em>*pleth\u2082-<\/em> (to spread, to extend, flat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/plat#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plate<\/strong>, <strong>platypus<\/strong>, <strong>plaza<\/strong>, <strong>place<\/strong>, <strong>flat<\/strong> and <strong>fold<\/strong> all probably come from the same roots, as do <strong>pit(t)a (bread)<\/strong>, <strong>piazza<\/strong>, <strong>flan<\/strong>, <strong>field<\/strong>, <strong>plantain<\/strong>, and the name <strong>Plato<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*pleth%E2%82%82-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The odd one out is <strong>pizza<\/strong>, which was borrowed from Neapolitan <em>pizza<\/em>, which comes from Byzantine Greek <em>\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b1<\/em> (p\u00edta &#8211; cake, pie), the origins of which are uncertain. Words from the same roots include <strong>\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430 <\/strong> (pita &#8211; round loaf, cake, pie, honeycomb) in Bulgarian, <strong>pit\u0103<\/strong> (bread, sustenance) in Romanian, <strong>pite<\/strong> (pie, tart) in Hungarian, and <strong>pide<\/strong> (traditional Turkish flatbread, Turkish pizza) in Turkish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/pizza#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the word plateau related to plate, platypus, plaza, pizza, place, flat and fold? Or is one of these words an odd one out? Let&#8217;s investigate. Plateau [\u02c8pl\u00e6t\u0259\u028a \/ pl\u00e6\u02c8to\u028a] means: A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. 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