Etymograph

English

amplex

Amplex may come from Latin amplexor ‘to embrace, encircle, clasp, cling to’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexor‘to embrace, encircle, clasp, cling to’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayamplex

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexor‘to embrace, encircle, clasp, cling to’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayamplex

Linked words

through Latin plecto

complex, plait, plexus, 7 more

Today it means

verb To engage in amplexus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin amplexor / amplex

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