Proto-Indo-European
*pleḱ-
‘to fold, plait, weave’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.
67 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, most familiar first.
- complex ← complexe ← complexus ← complector ← plectō
- apply ← aplien ← applier ← applicō ← plicō
- display ← displayen ← despleier ← displicare ← plicō
- employment ← employer ← empleier ← implicō ← plicō
- reply ← replyen ← replier ← replicō ← plicō
- employ ← emploien ← emploier ← implicō ← plicō
- explicit ← explicite ← explicite ← explicātus ← explicō
- exploitation ← exploiter ← explicō ← plicō
- exploit ← esploit ← explicātus ← explicō ← plicō
- imply ← implien ← emplier ← implicare ← plicō
- deploy ← déployer ← desploiier ← plicō
- replica ← replico ← plicō
More words from *pleḱ-
- implicit
- replication
- complication
- fiasco
- complicate
- accomplice
- ploy
- ply
- inexplicable
- flax
- complicity
- flack
- supple
- implicate
- plexus
- pliable
- supplication
- triplicate
- pliant
- explication
- splay
- flagon
- explicable
- exploiter
- flaxen
- supplicant
- explicate
- supplicate
- plica
- plexiform
- plitt
- plicate
- plash
- explicative
- flacon
- brocon
- complexus
- deplication
- decemplex
- explicatory
- explicans
- explicandum
- implicans
- plectics
- ploce
- plisse
- pleyt
- plicature
- plekton
- plectenchyma
- quincuplex
- repliche
- souplesse
- souple
- supplicavit
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-