Where does “unsimplify” come from?
unsimplify (English) comes from English simplify, from French simplifier, from French simple, from Latin simplex, from Latin -plex, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
unsimplify (English): To undo the simplifying of; to make more complex again
Definitions
- To undo the simplifying of; to make more complex again
Ancestry of “unsimplify”, step by step
unsimplify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English simplify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | simplify | To make simpler, either by reducing in... |
| 2 | French | simplifier | to simplify |
| 3 | French | simple | single; simple; one-way |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |