plantain

plantain · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleth₂-“flat; to spread”
2. Latin · derived fromplantāgō
3. Old French · derived fromplaintain
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromplainteine
5. Middle English · inherited fromplanteyne
6. English todayplantain

Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from planta (“sole of the foot”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.

plantain · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλάτανος
2. Latin · derived fromplatanus
3. Spanish · derived fromplantano
4. English todayplantain

From Spanish plantano (obsolete variant of plátano), from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

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