Where does “explorer” come from?

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

explorer (Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “explorer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexploroI explore; I test; I investigate
2Latinēx-out, away
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin exploro →