PLIC: the Latin root meaning “fold”

PLIC comes from Latin and means “fold”. You can see it in applicable, complication and duplicate. WordPith uses it in 9 words.

Meaning: fold
Origin: Latin
Type: Root
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Words built from PLIC

APPLICABLE

Relevant to this case

Latin applicare, to fold toward. Apply, pliable and complicated all fold.

COMPLICATION

A folding together that makes things harder

Latin complicare, to fold together. Simple is once-folded; complex is woven.

DUPLICATE

Folded in two: an exact copy

Latin duplicare. Double, duplex and duplicity all fold twice, the last one dishonestly.

EXPLICIT

Unfolded: stated outright

Latin explicare, to unfold. Implicit stays folded in.

IMPLICATION

Something meant but not said; or involvement

The same folding in.

REPLICATE

To fold again: to reproduce a result

Latin replicare, to fold back. The replication crisis is about results that will not fold back.

IMPLICATE

To show someone was involved

Latin implicare, to fold in. The person is folded into the affair.

REPLICATION

Copying DNA before a cell divides

Latin replicare, to fold back.

SUPPLICATE

To beg humbly

Latin supplicare, to fold under — to kneel.

1. Which word means: To fold again: to reproduce a result?

2. Which word means: Folded in two: an exact copy?

3. Which word means: To show someone was involved?

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