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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

  1. To show to be connected or involved in an...

Ancestry of “implicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimplicatusentangled, entwined, having been entangled;...
2Latinimplicō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “implicate”

  • unimplicate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →