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Where does “planto” come from?

planto (Esperanto) comes from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

planto (Esperanto): plant

Definitions

  1. plant

Ancestry of “planto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
2Proto-Italicplāntā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “planto”

  • rizoplanto
  • plantejo
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