Where does “plantation” come from?
Plantation comes from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantatio (a planting), derived from Latin planta (a plant or shoot) with the suffix -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- (to spread or flatten).
plantation (English): A large farm; estate or area of land designated...
Definitions
- A large farm; estate or area of land designated...
Ancestry of “plantation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | plantation | — |
| 2 | Latin | plantātiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “plantation”