Where does “explorer” come from?
explorer (Middle French) comes from Latin exploro, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
explorer (Middle French): to explore
Ancestry of “explorer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | exploro | I explore; I test; I investigate |
| 2 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |
Words derived from “explorer”