plico

1. (conjugation-1, transitive) to fold, bend or flex; to roll up
2. (conjugation-1) (transitive) to arrive (this meaning comes from sailors, for whom the folding of a ship’s sails meant arrival on land)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈplɪ.koː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plekāō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”) (with i from its compounds, which had much use), the PIE root being an extension of Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wrap”). Cognate with plectō.

Concepts

fold