plantation
English
/plænˈteɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
- An area where trees are planted for commercial purposes.
- The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
- A colony established thus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French plantation derived from Latin plantātiō (transplanting, planting).
Origin
Latin
plantātiō
Gloss
transplanting, planting
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- displantation English
- door English
- nonplantation English
- plantation door English
- plantationer English
- plantationlike English
- replantation English
- plantātiō Latin
- plantación Spanish, Castilian
- plantation Middle French
- plantesin Tok Pisin
- plantation Interlingua