Etymograph

English

explosionlike

From explosion + -like.

Formed from explosion + -like

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d-

Latin plaudō ‘to clap or strike’

Latin explōdo ‘to drive out by clapping’

Latin explōsiōnis

French explosion

English explosion

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of an explosion.

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

Etymograph / explosionlike