PLĒNUM → lleno · plein · pieno
The ie of Italian pieno is not a diphthong of the e but the ghost of Latin l; Spanish fused the same pl- into ll and Portuguese into ch (cheio), while French, Romanian and Catalan kept pl- — French nasalizing the vowel, Catalan dropping the n (ple), Romanian raising the e to i before it (plin).
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PLĒNUM
‘full’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
The ie of Italian pieno is not a diphthong of the e but the ghost of Latin l; Spanish fused the same pl- into ll and Portuguese into ch (cheio), while French, Romanian and Catalan kept pl- — French nasalizing the vowel, Catalan dropping the n (ple), Romanian raising the e to i before it (plin).
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.