Latin
simplus
‘single’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin simplus.
3 English words in this record descend from Latin simplus, most familiar first.
- simple ← symple
- simply ← symply ← symple ← simple
- simpleness ← symplenesse ← symple ← simple
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Etymograph / Latin simplus