Where does “plant” come from?

plant (West Frisian) comes from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plant (West Frisian): plant

Definitions

  1. plant

Ancestry of “plant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
2Proto-Italicplāntā
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā
plant — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer