Where does “floorplanning” come from?
floorplanning (English) comes from English planning, from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
floorplanning (English): The act of designing a floor plan
Definitions
- The act of designing a floor plan
Ancestry of “floorplanning”, step by step
floorplanning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English planning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | planning | present participle of plan; Action of the verb... |
| 2 | English | plan | A drawing showing technical details of a... |
| 3 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 4 | French | plain | plane |
| 5 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 6 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English floor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | floor | The interior bottom or surface of a house or... |
| 2 | Middle English | flor | A floor; the bottom surface of a room or... |
| 3 | Old English | flōr | floor, pavement, ground; floor, pavement, ground,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flōraz | ground; floor |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂ros | flat; floor |