Where does “explorer” come from?

explorer (French) comes from Latin exploro, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

explorer (French): to explore

Definitions

  1. to explore

Ancestry of “explorer”, step by step

explorer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin exploro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexploroI explore; I test; I investigate
2Latinēx-out, away
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

via Latin explōrāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexplōrāre—
2Latinplōrāre—
3Latinplōrōto cry out

Words derived from “explorer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin exploro →