Etymograph

English

explicitation

From explicit + -ation.

Formed from explicit + -ation

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’

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Latin explicō ‘to unfold’

Latin explicātus ‘disentangled, easy’

Middle French explicite

French explicite ‘explicit, unequivocal, overt’

English explicit

Today it means

noun The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.

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Etymograph / explicitation