Etymology

explant

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Today it means: Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells. Full definition →

English plant ← Middle English plante ← Old English plante
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Middle Frenchex-
  7. Middle Englishex-
  8. Englishex-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  16. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  17. Latinplanta
  18. Proto-West Germanic*plantu
  19. Old Englishplante
  20. Middle Englishplante
  21. Englishplant
  22. English todayexplant

From ex- + plant.

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