Where does “suplanta” come from?
suplanta (Romanian) comes from French supplanter, from Latin supplantō, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
suplanta (Romanian): to undermine
Definitions
- to undermine
Ancestry of “suplanta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | supplanter | to supplant |
| 2 | Latin | supplantō | to trip up someone, to cause someone to stumble |
| 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 |