English
exploitation
Exploitation comes from French exploiter ‘exploit’, from Latin explicō ‘unfold, deploy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’.
- 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, deploy’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexploiter‘exploit’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentexploitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1928exploitation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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, deploy’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexploiter‘exploit’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentexploitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1928exploitation
Earliest quotation: 1928, Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce: “This territory continued to be the greatest field for…”
Equivalent to exploit + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin explicō ‘to unfold’
Latin explicātus ‘unfolded, unfurled, uncoiled, loosened,…’
Old French esploit ‘income’
English exploit
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, reply, employment, imply, employ, replica, deploy, implicit, accomplice, complicate, ply, ploy, complicity, complication, supple, implicate, pliable, triplicate, pliant, supplication, splay, 22 more
through Latin explicō ‘unfold, deploy’
Today it means
noun The act of utilizing something; industry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / exploitation