Simplicity

Simplicity is the quality of being easy to understand or do, with few parts or complications. It can also mean plainness or lack of luxury.

“Simplicity” comes from Old French “simplicite,” from Latin “simplicitas,” meaning plainness or singleness, from “simplex,” simple. The Latin root combines “sim-” (one) and “-plex” (fold), literally ‘one-fold’ or not folded. The idea of not being folded or twisted became a metaphor for being straightforward.