Where does “planter” come from?

planter (French) comes 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.

planter (French): to plant; to drive in; to pitch

Definitions

  1. to plant; to drive in; to pitch

Ancestry of “planter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplanter—
2Latinplantōto plant, set
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “planter”

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