myEtymology.com: French etymology of plantain

Etymology of the French word plantain

the Old French word plantain

derived from the Latin word plantago (plantain)

derived from the Classical Latin word planta (sole of the foot; side of foot; cutting, heel, young shoot detached for propagation)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plat-

Catalan plantatge, Spanish plantage

Word found in Old French