The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμπλέκω“to plait or weave in”
- Latin · derived fromemplecton
- English todayemplecton
French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, “to plait or weave in”); ἐν (en, “in”) + πλέκω (plékō, “to twist, weave”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.