injertar

Meaning

to graft

Concepts

graft

engraft

grafting

transplant

Synonyms

empalmar

ensamblar

Translations

innestare

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greffer

enxertar

empeltar

empeutar

pfropfen

transplantieren

enten

aşılamak

obtenir par la corruption

trapiantare

transplanteren

trasplantar

Hyphenated as

in‧jer‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/inxeɾˈtaɾ/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsertāre (“to insert, to introduce in”), frequentative of īnserō (“to put in, to insert”) (preterite īnseruī, supine īnsertum). Present meaning developed by confusion of the above base verb with the homonymous verb īnserō (“to plant, to graft”) (preterite īnsēvī, supine īnsitum), whose frequentative would be *īnsitō. The confusion arose very early; Columella (4 AD - c. 70 AD) already uses the former īnserō to mean "to graft".