Where does “plante” come from?
plante (Middle English) comes from Old English plante, from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
Ancestry of “plante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | plante | plant, shoot |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *plantu | — |
| 3 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
Words derived from “plante”