explorer
/ɪkˈsplɔːɹə/ik-SPLAW-rur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪkˈsplɔɹɚ/ik-SPLAW-rur
Meaningone who explores
Common meaning: a traveller into unknown places
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- exout
- plorto cry aloud, wailLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1388 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘out’ + ‘to cry aloud, wail’ → explorer
Journey through time
- Latinplōrō‘to cry aloud, wail’
- Old Frenchexplorersource
- Englishexplore‘to travel through a place to learn about it’
- Englishformed in English from exploreexplorer‘a traveller into unknown places’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from explore + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXPLORE, p.200 · scan
Roots
- plōrō Latin “to cry aloud, wail”
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