English
explicatory
Explicatory comes from Latin explicō ‘to unfold, open out’, 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‘to unfold, open out’
- New Latinmodernexplicātōrius
- Englishtodayexplicatory
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‘to unfold, open out’
- New Latinmodernexplicātōrius
- Englishtodayexplicatory
Equivalent to explicate + -ory
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin explicō ‘unfold, explain’
English explicate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 34 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, imply, deploy, replica, ploy, implicit, ply, accomplice, complication, supple, complicity, complicate, pliable, implicate, supplication, splay, pliant, triplicate, 22 more
through Latin explicō ‘to unfold, open out’
Today it means
adj Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / explicatory