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English word plant comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-, Proto-Indo-European *plat, Latvian plāns, and later Latin planta (A plant. A shoot, twig, sprout. The sole (of the foot).)
*pleh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*plat (Proto-Indo-European)
plāns (Latvian)
(dialectal) barn floor, threshing floor (syn. klons) (of texts) plan (concise sequential formulation of the structure of a text). (usually in the locative, with , , etc.) plane (level of importance). Plan (a future event worked out in detail; the corresponding text or document). Plan (intention, idea, thoughts about the future realization of some course of action). Plan, map (a drawing [...]
*plāntā (Proto-Italic)
planta (Latin)
A plant. A shoot, twig, sprout. The sole (of the foot).
plante (Old English)
plante (Middle English)
plant (English)
(US, dialect) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.. (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.. (botany) An organism that is [...]