Where does “explore” come from?
Explore comes from Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre meaning to search out, derived from the prefix ex- meaning out and a root of uncertain origin.
explore (English): To seek for something or after someone; To...
Definitions
- To seek for something or after someone; To...
Ancestry of “explore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | explorer | to explore |
| 2 | Latin | exploro | I explore; I test; I investigate |
| 3 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |
Words derived from “explore”