Explanatory
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From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō(“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex-(“out”) + planō(“I flatten, make level”), from planus(“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced native Middle English arecchen, irecchen(“to explain, expound”) (from Old English āreccan, ġereccan).
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explanatory (adj.)
"serving to explain, containing explanation," 1610s, from or modeled on Late Latin explanatorius "having to do with an explanation," from Latin explanat-, past-participle stem of explanare "make plain or clear" (see explanation).
