Where does “banaaniplantaasi” come from?
banaaniplantaasi (Finnish) comes from Finnish plantaasi, from German Plantage, from French plantage, from French planter, from Old French planter, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā — flat.
banaaniplantaasi (Finnish): banana plantation
Definitions
- banana plantation
Ancestry of “banaaniplantaasi”, step by step
banaaniplantaasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish plantaasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | plantaasi | plantation |
| 2 | German | Plantage | plantation |
| 3 | French | plantage | the action of planting; crash |
| 4 | French | planter | to plant; to drive in; to pitch |
| 5 | Old French | planter | — |
| 6 | Latin | plantō | to plant, set |
| 7 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |