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plantule
Plantule comes from French plante ‘a plant’, from Medieval Latin planta ‘any vegetable production that serves to…’, and ultimately from 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
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500planta‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentplante‘a plant’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentplantulediminutive of plante
- 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
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500planta‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentplante‘a plant’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentplantulediminutive of plante
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, palm, planet, plane, explanation, plain, archipelago, fluke, parma, explanatory, flounder, playa, palatine, placenta, planar, polonium, pelagic, placate, esplanade, veld, lech, flay, implacable, floe, purdah, llano, 49 more
through Medieval Latin planta ‘any vegetable production that serves to…’
Today it means
noun The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination; a seedling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / plantule