Where does “implicate” come from?
Implicate comes from Latin implicatus, the past participle of implico meaning "to fold in," from in- "in" and a root from Proto-Indo-European h₁én "in."
implicate (English): To show to be connected or involved in an...
Definitions
- To show to be connected or involved in an...
Ancestry of “implicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | implicatus | entangled, entwined, having been entangled;... |
| 2 | Latin | implicō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “implicate”