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Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by picturesal on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:09AM (#14201575)
Not "plane"=sheet, but "plane" from the Greek "planos"=wandering. (Same root as planet=wandering star).

An aeroplane is a wanderer through the air.

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Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by tullianus on Thursday April 27, 2017 @12:03AM (#14209089)
Etymonline disagrees; -plane here is from French planer "to soar," ultimately from Latin planus, "flat." http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=aeroplane
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