Where does “Clex” come from?

Clex (English) comes from English Clark, from Old English clerc, from Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Clex (English): The ship of characters Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from the television series Smallville

Definitions

  1. The ship of characters Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from the television series Smallville

Ancestry of “Clex”, step by step

Clex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Clark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishClarkfor a scribe, secretary, or cleric
2Old Englishclercclergyman, clerk
3Latinclēricusa priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
4Ancient Greekκληρικόςof or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English Lex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLexLexington
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos