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-tiEvery word from Ancient Greek πλανάωEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάνος