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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tito | uncle; pig tripe |
| 2 | Spanish | tito | uncle, unkie; grandfather, grandpa |
| 3 | Spanish | tío | uncle; unknown or any male person, dude, guy;... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | tio | uncle |
| 5 | Latin | thīus | uncle |
| 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 |