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Where does “planta” come from?

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

planta (Latin): any vegetable production that serves to propagate...

Definitions

  1. any vegetable production that serves to propagate...

Ancestry of “planta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicplāntā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “planta”

  • plan
  • plant
  • plants
  • planning
  • planting
  • plantation
  • clan
  • implant
  • planter
  • planner
  • plantar
  • supplant
  • eggplant
  • implantable
  • clannish
  • replant
  • planta
  • explant
  • preplanning
  • clansman
  • replantation
  • clanship
  • clannishness
  • counterplan
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