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Where does “plantago” come from?

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

plantago (Portuguese): plantain

Definitions

  1. plantain

Ancestry of “plantago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplantāgō—
2Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
3Proto-Italicplāntā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
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