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Where does “exploringly” come from?

exploringly (English) comes from English exploring, from English explore, from Middle French explorer, from Latin exploro, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

exploringly (English): So as to explore

Definitions

  1. So as to explore

Ancestry of “exploringly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexploringThe action of the verb explore; present...
2EnglishexploreTo seek for something or after someone; To...
3Middle Frenchexplorerto explore
4LatinexploroI explore; I test; I investigate
5Latinēx-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →