Where does “plantivor” come from?

plantivor (Romanian) comes from Romanian plantă, 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.

plantivor (Romanian): plantivorous

Definitions

  1. plantivorous

Ancestry of “plantivor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplantăplant
2Frenchplanterto plant; to drive in; to pitch
3Old Frenchplanter—
4Latinplantōto plant, set
5Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
6Proto-Italicplāntā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →