Where does “transplant” come from?

Transplant comes from Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, meaning to plant in another place.

transplant (English): To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place

Definitions

  1. To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place

Ancestry of “transplant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtransplaunten—
2Old Frenchtransplanter—
3Latintransplantarepresent active infinitive of trānsplantō;...

Words derived from “transplant”

Every word from Latin transplantare →Every word from Old French transplanter →Every word from Middle English transplaunten →