English
planta
Planta comes from Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plāntāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta‘sole of the foot’
- Englishtodayplanta
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plāntāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta‘sole of the foot’
- Englishtodayplanta
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, palm, explanation, planet, plane, plain, archipelago, fluke, parma, explanatory, flounder, playa, palatine, lech, polonium, pelagic, planar, placate, placenta, veld, implacable, esplanade, flay, floe, purdah, llano, 49 more
through Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’
Today it means
noun The sole of the foot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / planta