Where does “sextuplus” come from?

sextuplus (Latin) comes 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.

sextuplus (Latin): sixfold

Definitions

  1. sixfold

Ancestry of “sextuplus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sextuplus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Latin -plus →