Where does “showplan” come from?

showplan (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

showplan (English): A text or graphical summary of how the system...

Definitions

  1. A text or graphical summary of how the system...

Ancestry of “showplan”, step by step

showplan 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 English show

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshowTo display, to have somebody see; To bestow; to...
2Middle Englishschewento show
3Old Englishscēawianto look, look at, exhibit, display; to look at,...
4Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →