Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Sesquiplicate” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• sesqui-

  one and a half

  Forms: sesqui

• plic

  to fold -ploid: indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes

  Forms: plic, plex, ply, ploit, pli, ploy

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate