explore

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 185 words | Copyright

explore seek to ascertain, examine into XVI; search into (a country, etc.) XVII. — F. explorer — L. explōrāre search out.
So exploration XVI. — F. or L.

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