Where does “exploration” come from?
Exploration comes from Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio, derived from Latin explorare meaning to search out, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
exploration (English): The process of exploring; The process of...
Definitions
- The process of exploring; The process of...
Ancestry of “exploration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | exploration | — |
| 2 | Latin | exploratio | an examination, exploration |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |