English
emplecton
Emplecton comes from Latin emplecton.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemplecton
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemplecton
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
Earliest quotation: 1980, Romanian Review - Volume 35: “In these cases, it has been envisaged the pulling…”
A compound of ἐμπλέκω ‘to plait or weave in’ + πλέκω ‘to twist, weave’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Proto-Hellenic *plékō ‘to plait, weave’
Ancient Greek πλέκω ‘to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid’
Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω ‘to plait or weave in’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Proto-Hellenic *plékō ‘to plait, weave’
Ancient Greek πλέκω ‘to twist, weave’
Every English word from Latin emplecton
Today it means
noun A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin emplecton / emplecton