Where does “plant” come from?
plant (Mauritian Creole) comes from French plante, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
plant (Mauritian Creole): a plant
Definitions
- a plant
Ancestry of “plant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plante | sole of the foot; plant; inflection of... |
| 2 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |