Where does “plantă” come from?
plantă (Romanian) comes from French planter, from Old French planter, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
plantă (Romanian): plant
Definitions
- plant
Ancestry of “plantă”, step by step
plantă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French planter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | planter | to plant; to drive in; to pitch |
| 2 | Old French | planter | — |
| 3 | Latin | plantō | to plant, set |
| 4 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via French plante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plante | sole of the foot; plant; inflection of... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
via Middle Low German plante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | plante | — |