| 词汇 | plantain |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. plantain (1) "banana," 1555, from Sp. plátano, plántano, probably from Carib platana "banana" (Arawak pratane), and altered by assoc. with Sp. plátano "plane tree," from M.L. plantanus "plane tree," itself altered (by association with L. planta "plant") from L. platanus (see plane (4)). So called from the shape of its leaves. There is no similarity or relation between this plant and plantain (2). 2. plantain (2) "weed of the genus Plantago," c.1265, from Anglo-Fr. plaunteyne, O.Fr. plantain, from L. plantaginem (nom. plantago), the common weed, from planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)); so called from its flat leaves. |
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