Where does “microplanning” come from?

microplanning (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.

microplanning (English): planning in great detail

Definitions

  1. planning in great detail

Ancestry of “microplanning”, step by step

microplanning 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 micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-
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