planta

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting
  • sole of the foot

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *plāntā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, *pleh₂- (flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field) inherited from Proto-Italic *plānktā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂

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