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Where does “unimplantable” come from?

unimplantable (English) comes from English implantable, from English implant, from Middle French implanter, from Latin implanto, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.

unimplantable (English): That cannot be implanted into something; Not able...

Definitions

  1. That cannot be implanted into something; Not able...

Ancestry of “unimplantable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimplantableCapable of being, or designed to be, implanted; A...
2EnglishimplantTo fix firmly or set securely or deeply; To...
3Middle Frenchimplanter—
4LatinimplantoI implant, put in, add
5Latinplantō—
6Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
7Proto-Italicplāntā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →