Where does “plantonista” come from?
plantonista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese plantão, from French planton, from French planter, from Old French planter, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
plantonista (Portuguese): shift worker
Definitions
- shift worker
Ancestry of “plantonista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | plantão | a work shift, especially one outside normal working time |
| 2 | French | planton | orderly |
| 3 | French | planter | to plant; to drive in; to pitch |
| 4 | Old French | planter | — |
| 5 | Latin | plantō | to plant, set |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |