Where does “duplicité” come from?

duplicité (French) comes from Latin duplicitās, from Latin duplex, from Latin plico, from Proto-Italic plekāō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

duplicité (French): duplicity; duality; twoness

Definitions

  1. duplicity; duality; twoness

Ancestry of “duplicité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduplicitās—
2Latinduplextwofold, double; bipartite, cloven; ambiguous
3LatinplicoI fold, bend or flex; I roll up; I arrive
4Proto-Italicplekāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “duplicité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic plekāō →