Where does “plantain” come from?

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

plantain (French): plantain, any plant of genus "Plantago"; plantain

Definitions

  1. plantain, any plant of genus "Plantago"; plantain

Ancestry of “plantain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplantainplantain, any plant of genus "Plantago"
2Latinplantāgōthe plantain, especially the greater plantain
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plantain”

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