Where does “plantigrad” come from?

plantigrad (Romanian) comes from French plantigrade, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plantigrad (Romanian): plantigrade

Definitions

  1. plantigrade

Ancestry of “plantigrad”, step by step

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