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—
3Latinplantōto plant, set
4Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
5Proto-Italicplāntā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →