Etymology

simplicity

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Today it means: The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded Full definition →

Middle English simplicite ← Old French simplicite ← Latin simplicitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromsimplicitās
  2. Old French · derived fromsimplicite
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsimplicite
  4. English todaysimplicity

From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. By surface analysis, simple + -icity. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.

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