Implication

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late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n- ), from the verb implicare (see implicate).


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From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate +‎ -ion.


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implication (n.)

early 15c., "action of entangling," from Latin implicationem (nominative implicatio) "an interweaving, an entanglement," noun of state from past participle stem of implicare "involve, entangle; embrace; connect closely, associate," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + plicare "to fold" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait"). Meaning "that which is implied (but not expressed), inference drawn from what is observed" is from 1550s.