Simplify
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mid 17th century: from French simplifier, from medieval Latin simplificare, from Latin simplus (see simple).
wiktionary
From the French simplifier.
etymonline
simplify (v.)
1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.
