The story
- Latin · borrowed fromamplexus“embrace”
- English todayamplexus
Unadapted borrowing from Latin amplexus (“embrace”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
amplexus
Today it means: A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process. Full definition →
Latin amplexus