plantago

Etymology

planta (“a sprout”, “a shoot”; “a young tree or shrub that may be transplanted”, “a set”, “a slip”, “a cutting”) +‎ -āgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /planˈtaː.ɡoː/, [pɫanˈtaː.ɡoː]

Noun

plantāgō f (genitive plantāginis); third declension

1. the plantain, especially the greater plantain (Plantago major)
2. (Medieval Latin) a field or other place planted with vines, a vineyard

References

• plantāgo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PLANTAGINES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• plantāgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,187/3
• “plantāgō” on page 1,387/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “plantago”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 805/2

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plantāgō. Compare the inherited doublet tanchagem.

Noun

plantago m or f (in variation) (plural plantagos)

1. plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)