English

handplant

From hand + plant.

A compound of hand + plant

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Latin planta ‘sprout, shoot, cutting’

Proto-West Germanic *plantu ‘plant’

Old English plante ‘young tree or shrub’

Middle English plante

English plant

Today it means

noun A one-handed handstand performed (most often by a skater) after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / handplant