English
explicable
Explicable comes from Latin explicabilis ‘that may be explained, explicable, explainable’, from plicō ‘to fold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicō‘unfold, explain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicabilis‘that may be explained, explicable, explainable’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600explicable
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicō‘unfold, explain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicabilis‘that may be explained, explicable, explainable’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600explicable
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 35 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, imply, deploy, replica, ploy, implicit, ply, complication, accomplice, complicate, complicity, supple, implicate, supplication, splay, pliable, pliant, triplicate, 23 more
through Latin explicō ‘unfold, explain’
Today it means
adj Able to be explained.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / explicable