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
- To make a system more complex so that the use of...
Ancestry of “simplicate”, step by step
simplicate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complicate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complicate | To make complex; to modify so as to make... |
| 2 | Latin | complicatus | folded up, complicated, complex |
| 3 | Latin | complicō | to fold or roll up or together |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English simple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | simple | Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing... |
| 2 | Middle English | symple | virtuous, godly, without sin; simple, spartan,... |
| 3 | Old French | simple | innocent; mere; simple; honest; without pretense |
| 4 | Latin | simplex | single; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure,... |
| 5 | Latin | -plex | -fold |
| 6 | Latin | plicō | to fold, bend or flex; to roll up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |