Where does “explicit” come from?

Explicit comes from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (past participle of explico, meaning to unfold or unfurl), from the prefix ex- and root pel-.

explicit (English): Very specific, clear, or detailed; Containing...

Definitions

  1. Very specific, clear, or detailed; Containing...

Ancestry of “explicit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexpliciteexplicit, unequivocal, overt; first-person...
2LatinexplicitusAlternative form of explicātus; disentangled,...
3LatinexplicoI unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,...
4Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “explicit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Latin plicō