Etymograph

English

amplexation

Amplexation comes from Latin amplexor ‘to embrace’, and goes back to plecto.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplecto
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplector‘embrace, encircle’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexor‘to embrace’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexāt-past participial stem of amplexor
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1612–1626amplexation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplecto
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplector‘embrace, encircle’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexor‘to embrace’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplexāt-past participial stem of amplexor
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1612–1626amplexation

Earliest quotation: 1612–1626, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God: “The angels were bright and glorious; thy appearance was…”

Formed from -ion

Linked words

through Latin plecto

complex, plexus, plait, 7 more

Today it means

noun An embrace.

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

Etymograph / Latin plecto / amplexation

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