English
amplection
Amplection comes from Latin amplexiō ‘act of embracing’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexiō‘act of embracing’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amplection‘embrace’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1636same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexiō‘act of embracing’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500amplection‘embrace’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1636same form
Earliest quotation: a. 1636, Thomas Westcote, A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX: “Here let us cross the river Taw to Instow,…”
Equivalent to amplect + -ion
Every English word from Latin amplexiō
Today it means
noun An embrace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amplexiō / amplection