English
implant
Implant comes from Latin implantō ‘to implant, put in, add’, from plantō ‘to transfer, set, propagate from cuttings’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānktāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantō‘to transfer, set, propagate from cuttings’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplantō‘to implant, put in, add’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600implanter
- Englishearliest quotation 1778implant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānktāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantō‘to transfer, set, propagate from cuttings’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplantō‘to implant, put in, add’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600implanter
- Englishearliest quotation 1778implant
Earliest quotation: 1778, T. S., Proposals for raising Female Regiments: “That strength of body is often equal to the…”
Latin planta ‘sprout, shoot, cutting’
Proto-West Germanic *plantu ‘plant’
Old English plante ‘young tree or shrub’
Middle English plante
English plant
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-
launch, peel, lance, plague, fling, plaintive, 10 more
through Latin planta ‘any vegetable production that serves to…’
clan, plantain, plantar, planta, 5 more
through Latin plantō ‘to transfer, set, propagate from cuttings’
Today it means
verb To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- / implant