English
implicans
Implicans comes from Latin implicans ‘entangling, entwining’, from plicō ‘to fold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicō‘entangle, enfold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicans‘entangling, entwining’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicō‘entangle, enfold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicans‘entangling, entwining’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
complex, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 34 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, reply, exploitation, exploit, deploy, explicit, imply, ploy, replica, ply, supple, complication, accomplice, inexplicable, complicate, complicity, pliable, supplication, splay, triplicate, explication, pliant, 22 more
through Latin implicō ‘entangle, enfold’
Today it means
noun The antecedent in the if-clause; the well-formed formula (wff).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / implicans