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

planner 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 Dutch plannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchplannento plan
2Englishto plan—

Words derived from “planner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →
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