Etymograph

English

explanification

From explain + -ify + -ation, modelled after clarification.

Formed from explain + -ify + -ation

Latin plānus ‘level, plain’

Latin plānō ‘to flatten’

Latin explānō ‘to make plain, explain’

Old French explaner

Middle English explanen

English explain

Today it means

noun An explanation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / explanification