English
implicational
Implicational comes from Latin implicātiōnem.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicātiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600implication
- English1500–presentimplication
- Englishtodayimplicational
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplicātiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600implication
- English1500–presentimplication
- Englishtodayimplicational
A compound of plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’ + implicō ‘to entangle, entwine’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’
Latin implicō ‘to entangle, entwine’
Every English word from Latin implicātiōnem
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to logical implication.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin implicātiōnem / implicational