English
plicate
Plicate comes from Latin plicātus ‘folded, having been folded’, 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 CEplicātus‘folded, having been folded’perfect passive participle of plicō
- Englishtodayplicate
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 CEplicātus‘folded, having been folded’perfect passive participle of plicō
- Englishtodayplicate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
complex, exploitation, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 35 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, exploit, imply, deploy, explicit, ploy, implicit, replica, ply, accomplice, supple, complication, inexplicable, complicity, pliable, splay, supplication, pliant, explication, 24 more
Today it means
adj Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / plicate