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Where does “antiplant” come from?

antiplant (English) comes from English plant, from Middle English plante, from Old English plante, from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

antiplant (English): Designed to kill plants; herbicidal

Definitions

  1. Designed to kill plants; herbicidal

Ancestry of “antiplant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplantAn organism that is not an animal, especially an...
2Middle Englishplante—
3Old Englishplanteplant, shoot
4Proto-West Germanic*plantu—
5Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
6Proto-Italicplāntā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
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