means A living organism that grows in the ground, makes its own food from sunlight, and generally stays put — from grass to oak trees; the word also means to set something firmly in place.

from From Latin 'planta,' a sprout or cutting — but more specifically the sole of the foot. The connection is wonderfully physical: 'plantare' meant to push a cutting into the soil by pressing it down with your foot. So every plant you name carries a hidden footprint. The word arrived in Old English as 'plante,' got reinforced by French, and branched out over centuries — to plant a seed, plant a flag, plant an idea — all keeping that original sense of pressing something into place to make it take root.