Where does “explanans” come from?
explanans (English) comes from Latin explanans, from Latin explanō, from Latin planō, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.
explanans (English): A collection of propositions that, taken...
Definitions
- A collection of propositions that, taken...
Ancestry of “explanans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | explanans | flattening out; explaining, making plain |
| 2 | Latin | explanō | — |
| 3 | Latin | planō | — |
| 4 | Latin | plānus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλάνος | wandering |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλανάω | to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl-néh₂-ti | — |