Words that come from Proto-Italic “plektō”

318 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Italic plektō — including complex, complexity, complexion, perplexity, ply, plywood, plying, pliers.

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English (154)

Latin (100)

Middle English (10)

French (8)

Spanish (6)

Italian (5)

Romanian (3)

Old French (3)

Middle French (3)

Hungarian (2)

Esperanto (2)

Catalan (2)

Russian (2)

Dutch (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Malay (2)

Portuguese (2)

Swedish (1)

Chinese (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Japanese (1)

German (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

New Latin (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Late Latin (1)