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Where does “plainteine” come from?

plainteine (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “plainteine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaintain—
2Latinplantāgō—
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plainteine”

  • plantain
  • planteyne
  • planteyn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →