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Where does “plant” come from?

plant (French) comes from French planter, from Old French planter, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plant (French): seedling; young plant or plantation

Definitions

  1. seedling; young plant or plantation

Ancestry of “plant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplanterto plant; to drive in; to pitch
2Old Frenchplanter—
3Latinplantō—
4Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
5Proto-Italicplāntā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plant”

  • plan
  • planning
  • planner
  • preplanning
  • counterplan
  • planform
  • planless
  • planful
  • floorplanning
  • preplan
  • groundplan
  • replan
  • subplan
  • planfulness
  • macroplanning
  • bauplan
  • planlessness
  • planogram
  • microplanning
  • plannable
  • overplan
  • overplanning
  • nonplan
  • unplannable
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