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English word imply comes from Latin plico, Latin indu, and later Old French emplier (To fill.)
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.
indu (Latin)
implicare (Latin)
emplier (Old French)
To fill.
emploiier (Old French)
(transitive) to fold (something) on itself. (transitive) to use; to make use of.
emplien (Middle English)
imply (English)
(archaic) to enfold, entangle.. (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement. (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference. (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence.