Transplant
/trænzˈplænt/noun
To move and set something in a new place, especially a plant, organ, or tissue.
Did you know?The word entered English through Latin and Old French, and its core idea is brutally simple: to “plant across” one place into another, which is why it became the perfect word for both gardening and medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*plā-
“to spread, flatten, make broad”
Latin
Latin
transplantāre
“to plant across, move a plant from one place to another”
Old French
Old French
transplanter
“to transplant, set in a new place”
14th Century
English
transplanten
“to remove and set in another place, especially a plant”
Modern English
English
transplant
“to move and set in a new place, especially a plant, organ, or tissue”