Latin

plicō

‘fold or lay together’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin plicō.

48 English words in this record descend from Latin plicō, most familiar first.

• apply ← aplien ← applier ← applicō
• display ← displayen ← despleier ← displicare
• employment ← employer ← empleier ← implicō
• reply ← replyen ← replier ← replicō
• employ ← emploien ← emploier ← implicō
• explicit ← explicite ← explicite ← explicātus ← explicō
• exploitation ← exploiter ← explicō
• exploit ← esploit ← explicātus ← explicō
• imply ← implien ← emplier ← implicare
• deploy ← déployer ← desploiier
• replica ← replico
• implicit ← implicite ← implicitus ← implico

More words from plicō

• replication
• complication
• complicate
• accomplice
• ploy
• ply
• inexplicable
• complicity
• supple
• implicate
• pliable
• supplication
• triplicate
• pliant
• explication
• splay
• explicable
• exploiter
• supplicant
• explicate
• plica
• plicate
• explicative
• deplication
• decemplex
• explicatory
• explicans
• explicandum
• implicans
• plisse
• plicature
• quincuplex
• repliche
• souplesse
• souple
• supplicavit

Etymograph / Latin plicō