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Where does “sextuplicatus” come from?

sextuplicatus (Latin) comes from Latin sextuplicare, from Latin sextuplus, from Latin -plus, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “sextuplicatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextuplicareto sextuple
2Latinsextuplussixfold
3Latin-plus-fold
4Latinplicāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “sextuplicatus”

  • sextuplicate
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