Where does “planten” come from?

planten (Middle English) comes from Old English plantian, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “planten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishplantianto plant
2Latinplantōto plant, set
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā