Plane Definition
To rise partly out of the water while in motion at high speed, as a hydroplane does.
Origin of Plane
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From Latin planum (“flat surface"), a noun use of the neuter of planus (“plain"). The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.
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Middle English from Old French from Late Latin plāna from plānāre to plane from plānus flat pelə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old French from Latin platanus from Greek platanos perhaps from platus broad plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin plānum flat surface from neuter of plānus flat pelə-2 in Indo-European roots N., sense 4, short for aeroplane
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (platanos), from πλατύς (platus, “wide, broad").
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Middle English planen to glide, soar from Old French planer from plain flat, level plain
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin plana (“planing tool"), from plano (“to level")
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Abbreviated from aeroplane.
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