Where does “symplectic” come from?

symplectic (English) comes from English complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

symplectic (English): Placed in or among, as if woven together; Whose...

Definitions

  1. Placed in or among, as if woven together; Whose...

Ancestry of “symplectic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomplexMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;...
2Frenchcomplexecomplex
3Latincomplexusembraced; surrounded; An embrace
4LatincomplectorI embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or...
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “symplectic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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