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Where does “aplien” come from?

aplien (Middle English) comes from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “aplien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchapplierto bend; to apply
2Latinapplicō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aplien”

  • apply
  • applying
  • appliance
  • reapply
  • misapply
  • applier
  • disapply
  • applieth
  • applicatory
  • appliable
  • unapply
  • overapply
  • appliest
  • underapply
  • unappliable
  • appliableness
  • applianced
  • nonapplying
  • coapply
  • appliment
  • preapply
  • appliancelike
  • appliance
  • アプライアンス
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →