English

showplan

From show + plan.

A compound of show + plan

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to heed, look, take note of’

Proto-Germanic *skawwōną ‘to look, see’

Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn ‘to look, see’

Old English scēawian ‘to look at; to exhibit, display’

Middle English schewen

English show

Latin plānus

French plan ‘flat surface’

English plan

Today it means

noun A text or graphical summary of how the system plans to optimize the execution of a query.

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

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