Where does “plant” come from?

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

plant (Old Welsh): children

Definitions

  1. children

Ancestry of “plant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
2Proto-Italicplāntā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →