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Where does “simplicate” come from?

simplicate (English) comes from English complicate, from Latin complicatus, from Latin complicō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

simplicate (English): To make a system more complex so that the use of...

Definitions

  1. To make a system more complex so that the use of...

Ancestry of “simplicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomplicateTo make complex; to modify so as to make...
2Latincomplicatusfolded up, complicated, complex
3Latincomplicō—
4Latincōn-—
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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