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Where does “explorateur” come from?

explorateur (French) comes from Latin explorator, from Latin explōrāre, from Latin plōrāre, from Latin plōrō.

explorateur (French): explorer

Definitions

  1. explorer

Ancestry of “explorateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexploratora scout; a spy
2Latinexplōrāre—
3Latinplōrāre—
4Latinplōrō—
Every word from Latin plōrō →