Where does “Zitronenplantage” come from?
Zitronenplantage (German) comes from German Plantage, from French plantage, from French planter, from Old French planter, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
Zitronenplantage (German): lemon orchard
Definitions
- lemon orchard
Ancestry of “Zitronenplantage”, step by step
Zitronenplantage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Plantage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plantage | plantation |
| 2 | French | plantage | the action of planting; crash |
| 3 | French | planter | to plant; to drive in; to pitch |
| 4 | Old French | planter | — |
| 5 | Latin | plantō | to plant, set |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via German zitrone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zitrone | lemon fruit |
| 2 | Italian | citrone | citron |
| 3 | Latin | citron | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κίτρον | fruit of the citron tree |
| 5 | Latin | citrum | nominative neuter singular of citer; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | cī̆trus | citron tree |
| 7 | Greek | κέδρος | cedar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κέδρος | cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil |