Etymology

implication

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Today it means: The act of implicating. Full definition →

Middle French implication ← Latin implicātiōnem ← Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  7. Latinplicō
  8. Latinimplicō
  9. Latinimplicātiōnem
  10. Middle Frenchimplication
  11. English todayimplication

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

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