Etymograph

English

plantaris

Plantaris comes from Latin planta ‘any vegetable production that serves to…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂k-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānktā1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplanta1‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantāris2
  6. Englishtodayplantaris2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin plantaris
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English plantaris

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂k-Wiktionary, Latin plantarisreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂Wiktionary, Latin plantarisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānktāWiktionary, Latin plantarisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantaWiktionary, Latin plantaris‘any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplantārisWiktionary, English plantaris
  6. EnglishtodayplantarisWiktionary, English plantaris

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-

launch, peel, lance, plague, fling, plaintive, 10 more

through Latin planta ‘any vegetable production that serves to…’

clan, implant, 8 more

Today it means

noun A muscle running at the posterior compartment of the calf from the knee to over the hump of the heel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “plantaris”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin plantaris. 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 *pleh₂k- / plantaris

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