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Implicit

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means implied or suggested, though not directly expressed
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Stage 1 of 2
implicare
Latin · ancient
"to fold in, to entangle"
to fold in, to entangle, from in- (in) and plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 2
implicit
English · 1590s
"implied though not plainly stated"
settled as the English word for something suggested without being directly stated
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