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Where does “planning” come from?

Planning comes from English plan, from French plan, from Latin planta, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Latin planum, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-.

planning (English): present participle of plan; Action of the verb...

Definitions

  1. present participle of plan; Action of the verb...

Ancestry of “planning”, step by step

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

Words derived from “planning”

  • preplanning
  • floorplanning
  • macroplanning
  • microplanning
  • overplanning
  • paraplanning
  • plening
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