Etymology

explorista

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Today it means: A person with a curious mind who explores the world, encountering different cultures and customs. Full definition →

English explore ← Middle French explorer ← Latin explōrō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Latinplōrō
  6. Latinexplōrō
  7. Middle Frenchexplorer
  8. Englishexplore
  9. English todayexplorista

From explore + -ista.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.