English
deplication
Deplication comes from Latin deplicare ‘to unfold’, from plicō ‘to fold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicōas plicare‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeplicare‘to unfold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648deplication
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicōas plicare‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeplicare‘to unfold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648deplication
Earliest quotation: 1648, Walter Montagu, Promoted by Divers Subtile Temptations of Our Great Enemy.”: “[T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
complex, fiasco, exploitation, flax, flack, plexus, replication, flagon, 32 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, exploit, imply, explicit, deploy, ploy, implicit, ply, replica, accomplice, supple, inexplicable, complicity, complicate, complication, pliable, implicate, splay, pliant, triplicate, supplication, explication, 21 more
Today it means
noun An unfolding, unplaiting, or untwisting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / deplication