Etymology

plectics

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Ancient Greek πλεκτός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλεκτός“braided”
  2. English todayplectics

From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “braided”) + -ics, but invented by Murray Gell-Mann.

Words from the same roots

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