Where does “megaplan” come from?

megaplan (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

megaplan (English): A large-scale plan, especially one relating to...

Definitions

  1. A large-scale plan, especially one relating to...

Ancestry of “megaplan”, step by step

megaplan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plan

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

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →