Where does “explore” come from?

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

explore (Mauritian Creole): to explore

Definitions

  1. to explore

Ancestry of “explore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexplorerto explore
2LatinexploroI explore; I test; I investigate
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin exploro →