Where does “plantigrade” come from?

plantigrade (English) comes from French plantigrade, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plantigrade (English): Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the...

Definitions

  1. Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the...

Ancestry of “plantigrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplantigradeplantigrade
2Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
3Proto-Italicplāntā
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plantigrade

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā