Where does “apliken” come from?

apliken (Tok Pisin) comes from English applicant, from Latin applicans, from Latin applicāre.

apliken (Tok Pisin): applicant

Definitions

  1. applicant

Ancestry of “apliken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapplicantOne who applies for something; one who makes a...
2Latinapplicansapplying, attaching
3Latinapplicāre—
Every word from Latin applicāre →Every word from Latin applicans →Every word from English applicant →