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Explicit

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means stated clearly and in detail, with nothing implied or hidden
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Stage 1 of 2
explicare
Latin · ancient
"to unfold, to explain"
to unfold, to explain, from ex- (out) and plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 2
explicit
English · 1600s
"stated clearly and in detail, leaving nothing implied"
settled as the English word for something stated clearly and in detail
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