An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A living organism, in the Kingdom Plantae, with cellulose cell walls and lacking a nervous system or powers of voluntary motion.

Etymology (EN): M.E. plaunte; O.E. plante; L. planta “shoot, sprig, scion.”

Etymology (PE): Giyâh “plant;” dialectal Bašâkardi gidâ(h), gida; Av. gaodāyu-, literally “cattle nourisher,” from gao- “cattle, bull, ox,” → Taurus, + dāyu- “nourisher,” from dā(y)- “to feed” (Gershevitch 1962); Mod.Pers. dâyé “wet nurse;” cognate with L. femina “woman, female,” → feminism; PIE base *d^heh(i)- “to suck, suckle.”