Where does “washplant” come from?
washplant (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
washplant (English): A type of machine used to extract ores from...
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- A type of machine used to extract ores from...
Ancestry of “washplant”, step by step
washplant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plant | An organism that is not an animal, especially an... |
| 2 | Middle English | plante | — |
| 3 | Old English | plante | plant, shoot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *plantu | plant, shoot |
| 5 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via English wash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wash | To clean with water; To move or erode by the... |
| 2 | Middle English | washen | — |
| 3 | Old English | wasċan | to wash |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waskan | to wash |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |