Where does “plantita” come from?
plantita (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tita, from Spanish tita, from Spanish tía, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek Θεία, from Ancient Greek θεῖος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
plantita (Tagalog): adult woman who have developed interest in growing plants
Definitions
- adult woman who have developed interest in growing plants
Ancestry of “plantita”, step by step
plantita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog tita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tita | aunt; sister |
| 2 | Spanish | tita | theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ; Grandma |
| 3 | Spanish | tía | female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister of... |
| 4 | Late Latin | thia | aunt |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Θεία | aunt |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θεῖος | Of or from the gods or God, divine; Belonging or... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English plant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plant | An organism that is not an animal, especially an... |
| 2 | Middle English | plante | — |
| 3 | Old English | plante | plant, shoot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *plantu | plant, shoot |
| 5 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |