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Where does “preplanning” come from?

preplanning (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.

preplanning (English): Planning conducted in advance; present participle...

Definitions

  1. Planning conducted in advance; present participle...

Ancestry of “preplanning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishplanningpresent participle of plan; Action of the verb...
2EnglishplanA drawing showing technical details of a...
3Frenchplanplan; map; plane
4Frenchplainplane
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnus—
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →