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Where does “explanans” come from?

explanans (Latin) comes from Latin explanō, from Latin planō, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

explanans (Latin): flattening out; explaining, making plain

Definitions

  1. flattening out; explaining, making plain

Ancestry of “explanans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexplanō—
2Latinplanō—
3Latinplānus—
4Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
5Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—
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