Where does “duplicità” come from?

duplicità (Italian) 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.

duplicità (Italian): doubleness; duplicity, double-dealing

Definitions

  1. doubleness; duplicity, double-dealing

Ancestry of “duplicità”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic plekāō →