myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of complicare

Etymology of the Latin word complicare

the Latin word complicare (fold, tie up, together)

derived from the Late Latin word plicare (to fold; fold , bend, flex; multiply by X , X-tuple; add together)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plek-

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

Italian complicare, Portuguese complicar, Portuguese conchegar, Spanish complicar