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
- One who plans; A notebook or software in which...
Ancestry of “planner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “planner”