English
plantigrade
Plantigrade 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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentplantigrade
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentplantigrade
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, palm, plane, plain, explanation, archipelago, fluke, parma, explanatory, playa, placenta, flounder, planar, lech, palatine, placate, polonium, pelagic, implacable, flay, veld, floe, esplanade, purdah, llano, 50 more
through Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’
Today it means
adj Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / plantigrade