English
amplect
Amplect comes from Latin amplector ‘to surround, encircle or entwine’, and goes back to plecto.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplecto
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplector‘to surround, encircle or entwine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1657amplect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplecto
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplector‘to surround, encircle or entwine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1657amplect
Earliest quotation: 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory: “It is a junceous and gramineous Plant, whoſe ſmall,…”
Linked words
through Latin plecto
Today it means
verb To embrace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin plecto / amplect