Where does “Lehrplan” come from?

Lehrplan (German) comes from German 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.

Lehrplan (German): curriculum, syllabus

Definitions

  1. curriculum, syllabus

Ancestry of “Lehrplan”, step by step

Lehrplan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German plan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplanplanar, flat; plain, forthright
2Frenchplanplan; map; plane
3Frenchplainplane
4Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
5Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
6Proto-Italicplēnosfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German lehren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlehrento teach a class, a subject; to be a teacher; to...
2Middle High Germanlēren—
3Old High Germanlērento teach
4Proto-West Germaniclaiʀijanto teach
5Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
6Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →