English
explanator
Explanator comes from Latin explānātor ‘explainer, interpreter’, from plānus ‘level, flat, even’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplānō‘to flatten out, make plain, explain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplānātor‘explainer, interpreter’
- Englishtodayexplanator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplānus‘level, flat, even’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplānō‘to flatten out, make plain, explain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplānātor‘explainer, interpreter’
- Englishtodayexplanator
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, palm, planet, clan, archipelago, fluke, parma, playa, placenta, flounder, lech, palatine, polonium, pelagic, implacable, flay, placate, veld, plantar, floe, purdah, planta, 48 more
through Proto-Italic *plānos
through Latin plānus ‘level, flat, even’
through Latin explānō ‘to flatten out, make plain, explain’
Today it means
noun One who explains.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / explanator