planta

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting
2. (declension-1, feminine) a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set
3. (declension-1, feminine) sole of the foot

Concepts

plant

🌱

sole

foot

🦶

sprig

twig

seedling

🌱

shoot

sprout

scion

burgeon

graft

herb

🌿

bud

Synonyms

herba

pes

🦶

germen

suboles

surculus

insitum

Translations

planta

🌱

plante

pianta

🌱

Pflanze

🌱

planta

🌱

bitki

🌱

planta

🌱

plant

🌱

φυτό

نبات

🌱

Anpflanzen

zool

Pflanzung

voetzool

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɫan.ta]

Etymology

Either:
* from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
* from Proto-Italic *plānktā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike, fast”) (similar to *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”), whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō (“to propagate, extend, release”)). Cognate with plangō (“to strike, beat, flap”), Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”).