Where does “unplantlike” come from?
unplantlike (English) comes from English plantlike, from English plant, from Middle English plante, from Old English plante, from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
unplantlike (English): Not plantlike
Definitions
- Not plantlike
Ancestry of “unplantlike”, step by step
unplantlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plantlike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plantlike | Having characteristics of a plant |
| 2 | English | plant | An organism that is not an animal, especially an... |
| 3 | Middle English | plante | — |
| 4 | Old English | plante | plant, shoot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *plantu | plant, shoot |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |