English
explicandum
Explicandum comes from Latin explico ‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’, 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 CEexplico‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’
- Englishtodayexplicandum
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 CEexplico‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’
- Englishtodayexplicandum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 33 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, imply, deploy, replica, ploy, implicit, ply, complication, accomplice, complicate, supple, complicity, pliable, implicate, supplication, splay, triplicate, pliant, 21 more
through Latin explico ‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’
Today it means
noun That which is to be explained or explicated
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / explicandum