implanto

Forms

implantō (present infinitive implantāre, perfect active implantāvī, supine implantātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin in-¹ + plantō (“to plant”).^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The TLL's earliest records are the Latin version of Oribasius' Synopsis, of membranes set unevenly in the body, and the Latin translation of Origen's commentary on Matthew, in the sense “to insert”.^[2]

Semantic evolution

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to implant or put in, and to plant or establish.^[3] Medieval writers used it of planting shoots and of planting or cultivating land: Herbord tells of a bishop who brought a tub full of shoots and had them planted.^[4] English implant (1540s) came through French implanter.^[5][1]

Meanings

Verb

1. To insert, put in, implant.^[2][3]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) To plant, establish.^[3]
3. (Medieval Latin) To plant (shoots); to plant or cultivate (land).^[4]

Related words

• planta
• English implant

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b c Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
4. ^ a b Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
5. ^ Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com