English
supplicavit
Supplicavit comes from Latin supplicō ‘to pray or supplicate’, from plicō ‘fold, bend, roll up’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘fold, bend, roll up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupplicōas supplicāvit‘to pray or supplicate’
- Englishtodaysupplicavit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘fold, bend, roll up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupplicōas supplicāvit‘to pray or supplicate’
- Englishtodaysupplicavit
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 34 more
through Latin plicō ‘fold, bend, roll up’
display, apply, employment, reply, employ, imply, exploitation, deploy, exploit, explicit, replica, ploy, ply, implicit, complication, accomplice, complicate, inexplicable, complicity, pliable, implicate, splay, triplicate, pliant, explication, 22 more
Today it means
noun A writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / supplicavit