English
explicational
From explication + -al.
Formed from explication + -al
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin explicō ‘to explain’
Latin explicatio ‘an explanation, explication, exposition’
Middle French explication
English explication
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to explication; serving to explicate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / explicational