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Where does “plante” come from?

plante (Danish) comes from Middle Low German plante, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plante (Danish): plant; to plant

Definitions

  1. plant; to plant

Ancestry of “plante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanplante—
2Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
3Proto-Italicplāntā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plante”

  • planteæder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →