Where does “exploring” come from?
Exploring comes from Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre meaning to search out or investigate, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root eǵ-.
exploring (English): The action of the verb explore; present...
Definitions
- The action of the verb explore; present...
Ancestry of “exploring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | explore | To seek for something or after someone; To... |
| 2 | Middle French | explorer | to explore |
| 3 | Latin | exploro | I explore; I test; I investigate |
| 4 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |
Words derived from “exploring”