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

  1. lemon orchard

Ancestry of “Zitronenplantage”, step by step

Zitronenplantage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Plantage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPlantageplantation
2Frenchplantagethe action of planting; crash
3Frenchplanterto plant; to drive in; to pitch
4Old Frenchplanter
5Latinplantōto plant, set
6Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
7Proto-Italicplāntā
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via German zitrone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzitronelemon fruit
2Italiancitronecitron
3Latincitron
4Ancient Greekκίτρονfruit of the citron tree
5Latincitrumnominative neuter singular of citer; accusative...
6Latincī̆truscitron tree
7Greekκέδροςcedar
8Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā