| 1 | French | explicite | explicit, unequivocal, overt; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | explicitus | Alternative form of explicātus; disentangled,... |
| 3 | Latin | explico | I unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,... |
| 4 | Latin | plicō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |