Where does “microexplant” come from?
microexplant (English) comes from English explant, 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.
microexplant (English): A microscopic explant
Definitions
- A microscopic explant
Ancestry of “microexplant”, step by step
microexplant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English explant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | explant | Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that... |
| 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 | plant, shoot |
| 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 |