
English word exploit comes from Latin plico, Middle French explicquer (To explain.)
plico (Latin)
(transitive) I arrive (this meaning comes from sailors, for whom the folding of a ship’s sails meant arrival on land). (transitive) I fold, bend or flex; I roll up.
explicquer (Middle French)
To explain.
explico (Latin)
(of speech) I develop, set forth, exhibit. I deploy, extend, display. I disentangle, solve, settle, arrange, regulate, adjust. I explain. I unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo.
expliquer (French)
To explain.
explicitus (Latin)
esploitier (Old French)
To use; to make use of.
exploit (English)
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.. A heroic or extraordinary deed.. An achievement. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.