Etymograph

English

decemplex

Decemplex comes from Latin decemplex ‘tenfold’, from decem ‘ten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecemplex‘tenfold’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecemplex‘tenfold’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’

complex, fiasco, replication, flax, flack, plexus, flagon, 32 more

through Latin plicō ‘to fold’

apply, display, reply, employment, explicit, exploitation, replica, exploit, imply, employ, deploy, implicit, complication, ploy, complicate, ply, accomplice, inexplicable, complicity, implicate, supple, supplication, pliable, triplicate, pliant, splay, explication, 20 more

through Latin decem ‘ten’

dozen, dean, decimal, doyen, dicker, deni, 19 more

Today it means

adj Having ten parts; decuple or tenfold.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / decemplex

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