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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishplanningpresent participle of plan; Action of the verb...
2EnglishplanA drawing showing technical details of a...
3Frenchplanplan; map; plane
4Frenchplainplane
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via English floor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfloorThe interior bottom or surface of a house or...
2Middle EnglishflorA floor; the bottom surface of a room or...
3Old Englishflōrfloor, pavement, ground; floor, pavement, ground,...
4Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-
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