The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromνῆμα“thread”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπλεκτός“twisted”
- English todayplectoneme
From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “twisted”) + Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπλεκτός all →
plectenchymaplectics
Ancient Greekνῆμα all →
acronemenemalitenemathecium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.