Where does “plant” come from?

Plant comes from Middle English plante, from Old English plante, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-.

plant (English): An organism that is not an animal, especially an...

Definitions

  1. An organism that is not an animal, especially an...

Ancestry of “plant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplante—
2Old Englishplanteplant, shoot
3Proto-West Germanic*plantuplant, shoot
4Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
5Proto-Italicplāntā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →