English
plantation
Plantation comes from Latin plantātiō ‘planting, transplanting’, and goes back to plantātus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantātus‘planted’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantātiō‘planting, transplanting’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600plantation
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantātus‘planted’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantātiō‘planting, transplanting’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600plantation
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611same form
Earliest quotation: 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest: “Had I plantation of this Iſle my Lord.”
Every English word from Latin plantātus
Today it means
noun A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin plantātus / plantation