Where does “eggplanty” come from?
eggplanty (English) comes from English eggplant, 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 — flat.
eggplanty (English): Resembling or characteristic of eggplant
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of eggplant
Ancestry of “eggplanty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | eggplant | The plant "Solanum melongena"; The edible fruit... |
| 2 | English | plant | An organism that is not an animal, especially an... |
| 3 | Middle English | plante | — |
| 4 | Old English | plante | plant, shoot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *plantu | — |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |