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English word origin

Etymology of plan

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Doublet of ll

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To design (a building, machine, etc.). · To create a plan for. · To intend. · To make a plan.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plain.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionplanfr · flat surface, ground plot, map
  • Derivation mentionplānusla
  • Derivation mentionplantfr
  • Derivation mentionplantārela · set, fix in place
  • Doublet mentionllanoen
  • Doublet mentionpianoen
  • Doublet mentionplaneen
  • Doublet mentionplainen
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. · A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. · A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. · A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plain.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionplanfr · flat surface, ground plot, map
  • Derivation mentionplānusla
  • Derivation mentionplantfr
  • Derivation mentionplantārela · set, fix in place
  • Doublet mentionllanoen
  • Doublet mentionpianoen
  • Doublet mentionplaneen
  • Doublet mentionplainen

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