English
plantar
Plantar 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantāris
- Englishtodayplantar
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantāris
- Englishtodayplantar
Equivalent to planta + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
Proto-Italic *plāntā
Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’
English planta
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, palm, planet, plane, explanation, plain, fluke, archipelago, explanatory, flounder, parma, playa, palatine, lech, polonium, pelagic, placate, placenta, implacable, veld, esplanade, flay, planar, floe, purdah, llano, 49 more
through Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’
Today it means
adj Relating to the sole of the foot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / plantar