Where does “simpliste” come from?

simpliste (French) comes 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.

simpliste (French): simplistic

Definitions

simplistic

Ancestry of “simpliste”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	simple	single; simple; one-way
2	Latin	simplex	single; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure,...
3	Latin	-plex	-fold
4	Latin	plicō	to fold, bend or flex; to roll up
5	Proto-Indo-European	pleḱ-	to fold, plait, weave
6	Proto-Indo-European	pel-	to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “simpliste”

simplist

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →