Etymograph

English

plectics

Plectics comes from Ancient Greek πλεκτός ‘braided’, from Proto-Hellenic *plékō ‘to plait, weave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*plékō‘to plait, weave’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλέκω‘to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλεκτόςplektós‘braided’
  5. Englishtodayplectics

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*plékō‘to plait, weave’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλέκω‘to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλεκτόςplektós‘braided’
  5. Englishtodayplectics

Formed from -ics

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’

apply, complex, display, employment, reply, employ, exploit, explicit, imply, deploy, replica, fiasco, implicit, flax, ploy, complicate, flack, accomplice, complication, ply, complicity, inexplicable, implicate, supple, plexus, pliable, supplication, triplicate, flagon, pliant, splay, explication, 34 more

Today it means

noun the study of complexity and its underlying simplicity

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / plectics

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