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Where does “planner” come from?

Planner comes from English plan, from French plan, from Latin planta meaning a plant or sole of the foot, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to spread or flatten.

planner (English): One who plans; A notebook or software in which...

Definitions

  1. One who plans; A notebook or software in which...

Ancestry of “planner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
2Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
3Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
4Latin-āre—
5Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “planner”

  • nonplanner
  • counterplanner
  • paraplanner
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