English
triggerplant
From trigger + plant.
Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to pull’
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Old Dutch *trecken
Middle Dutch trecken ‘to pull or draw to oneself’
Dutch trekken ‘to drag, draw, pull’
Dutch trekker ‘pull’
English trigger
Latin planta ‘sprout, shoot, cutting’
Proto-West Germanic *plantu ‘plant’
Old English plante ‘young tree or shrub’
Middle English plante
English plant
Today it means
noun Any flowering plant of the genus Stylidium.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “triggerplant”. 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 / triggerplant