Where does “wyeksploatować” come from?

wyeksploatować (Polish) comes from Polish eksploatować, from French exploiter, from Old French esploitier, from Old French espleitier, from Vulgar Latin explicitare, from Latin explico, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

wyeksploatować (Polish): to deplete, to exploit, to utilise

Definitions

  1. to deplete, to exploit, to utilise

Ancestry of “wyeksploatować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polisheksploatowaćto exploit, to utilise
2Frenchexploiterto exploit
3Old Frenchesploitierto use; to make use of
4Old FrenchespleitierAlternative form of esploitier
5Vulgar Latinexplicitare
6LatinexplicoI unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,...
7Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-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 Latin plicō