Where does “implicit” come from?
Implicit comes from Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus meaning "entwined" or "involved," derived from Latin plico "to fold" with the prefix in-.
implicit (English): Implied indirectly, without being directly...
Definitions
- Implied indirectly, without being directly...
Ancestry of “implicit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | implicite | — |
| 2 | Latin | implicitus | Alternative form of implicātus; entangled,... |
| 3 | Latin | implicō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “implicit”