Where does “Wirtspflanze” come from?
Wirtspflanze (German) comes from German Pflanze, from Old High German pflanza, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
Wirtspflanze (German): host plant
Ancestry of “Wirtspflanze”, step by step