Where does “explanen” come from?

explanen (Middle English) comes from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō, from Latin planō, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

Ancestry of “explanen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexplaner—
2Latinexplanōto flatten or spread out
3Latinplanō—
4Latinplānuslevel, flat, even
5Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
6Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—

Words derived from “explanen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti →Every word from Ancient Greek πλανάω →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάνος →