English

impleach

From in- + pleach.

A compound of in- + pleach

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin plexus ‘braided, plaited, woven’

Late Latin *plaxus

Old French plaissier ‘to dispute’

Middle English pleshe

Today it means

verb to entwine, entangle

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

Etymograph / impleach