Etymograph

English

plantar

Plantar comes from Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-1‘flat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plāntā1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta2‘sole of the foot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantāris2
  6. Englishtodayplantar2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin planta
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English plantar

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-Wiktionary, Latin planta‘flat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Wiktionary, Latin plantareconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plāntāWiktionary, Latin plantareconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantaWiktionary, English plantar‘sole of the foot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantārisWiktionary, English plantar
  6. EnglishtodayplantarWiktionary, English plantar

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

field, floor, explain, palm, planet, plane, explanation, plain, fluke, archipelago, explanatory, flounder, parma, playa, palatine, lech, polonium, pelagic, placate, placenta, implacable, veld, esplanade, flay, planar, floe, purdah, llano, 49 more

through Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’

clan, implant, 8 more

Today it means

adj Relating to the sole of the foot.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “plantar”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin planta. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / plantar

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