Where does “simplu” come from?

simplu (Romanian) comes from French simple, from Latin simplex, from Latin -plex, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

simplu (Romanian): simple

Definitions

  1. simple

Ancestry of “simplu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsimplesingle; simple; one-way
2Latinsimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure,...
3Latin-plex-fold
4Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “simplu”

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