Where does “planta” come from?

planta (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.

planta (French): third-person singular past historic of planter

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of planter

Ancestry of “planta”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →