Where does “wax plant” come from?
wax plant (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.
wax plant (English): Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants
Definitions
- Any plant of the genus Hoya, especially those which are commonly cultivated as houseplants
Ancestry of “wax plant”, step by step
wax plant 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 |