plateau (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[plateau 词源字典]
1952, from plateau (n.). Related: Plateaued; plateauing.[plateau etymology, plateau origin, 英语词源]
plateau (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1796, "elevated tract of relatively level land," from French plateau "table-land," from Old French platel (12c.) "flat piece of metal, wood, etc.," diminutive of plat "flat surface or thing," noun use of adjective plat "flat, stretched out" (12c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Greek platys "flat, wide, broad" (see plaice). Meaning "stage at which no progress is apparent" is attested from 1897, originally in psychology of learning. In reference to sexual stimulation from 1960.