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explanatory
UK/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/UK/ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/US/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/US/ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/
adjective
What it means
- Intended to serve as an explanation.
Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
- Disposed to explain.
In a sentence
Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
Where it comes from
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nós
- Proto-Italic*plānos
- Latinplānus
- Latinexplānō
- Latinexplānātor
- Late Latinexplānātōrius
- Englishexplanatory
From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.
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