Where does “plantito” come from?

plantito (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito, from Spanish tío, from Old Spanish tio, from Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

plantito (Tagalog): adult man who have developed interest in growing plants

Definitions

  1. adult man who have developed interest in growing plants

Ancestry of “plantito”, step by step

plantito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtitouncle; pig tripe
2Spanishtitouncle, unkie; grandfather, grandpa
3Spanishtíouncle; unknown or any male person, dude, guy;...
4Old Spanishtiouncle
5Latinthīusuncle
6Ancient GreekθεῖοςOf or from the gods or God, divine; Belonging or...
7Ancient GreekΘεόςGod
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English plant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplantAn organism that is not an animal, especially an...
2Middle Englishplante
3Old Englishplanteplant, shoot
4Proto-West Germanic*plantuplant, shoot
5Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
6Proto-Italicplāntā
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek λέγωEvery word from Ancient Greek λόγος