plic / plex / ply
to fold, weave
Latin · plicare / plicatus
Latin plicare 'to fold', past form plicatus, related plectere 'to weave'. Fold words show layers or tangles: complicate folds together, replicate folds back, multiply folds many times, apply folds onto.
Memory trick
PLY a folded cloth: com-PLEX is many folds twisted together, multi-PLY adds many folds.
Words from this root
- ply (ply) — a layer or fold of materialपरत, तह
- apply (ap + ply) — to put on; to requestलगाना, आवेदन करना
- application (ap + plic + ation) — a request form; a useआवेदन, उपयोग
- reply (re + ply) — to answer backजवाब देना
- replicate (re + plic + ate) — to copy exactlyहूबहू नक़ल करना
- imply (im + ply) — to suggest without sayingइशारे से कहना
- implication (im + plic + ation) — a hidden meaning or resultनिहितार्थ
- complicate (com + plic + ate) — to make difficultउलझाना, जटिल बनाना
- complex (com + plex) — made of many parts, hardजटिल
- complexity (complex + ity) — the state of being complicatedजटिलता
- multiply (multi + ply) — to increase many timesकई गुना बढ़ाना, गुणा करना
- perplex (per + plex) — to puzzle or confuseउलझन में डालना
- duplex (du + plex) — two-fold; a two-part houseदो हिस्सों वाला मकान