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plex English L1568663 Etymology en :bor la:-plex<t:fold> 1 + Pronunciation en /-plɛks/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--plex.wav US Suffix Comprising a number of parts, as in en duplex. en math ten to the power of the number, as in en googolplex. Derived terms en Translations comprising a number of parts Irish: ga -pléacs m Polish: pl -pleks m See also en -fold Latin L1568664 Etymology la -plex :der ine-pro:*pel-<id:fold><unc:1> Disputed. Possibly from la itc-pro *-pleks, from la ine-pro *pleḱ- to plait, to weave, making it equivalent to la plicō to fold -s. Possibly from la itc-pro *-plaks, with regular reduction of Proto-Italic itc-pro *-a- to Latin la -e- in a non-initial closed syllable.Kent Roland G. The Sounds of Latin. A Descriptive and Historical Phonology Language 8 3 1932 521970 103 In either case, it may ultimately derive from an extension of ine-pro *pel- to fold. Compare la -plus. Potential cognates include xum -𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌊, found in xum 𐌕𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌊, and grc -πλαξ, found in grc δίπλαξ and grc τρίπλαξ.-plex 473δίπλαξ, -κος 338 De Vaan 2008 derives Latin la -plex from la itc-pro *-pleks, from the e-grade of the root ine-pro *pleḱ-, and Greek grc -πλαξ from la ine-pro *-pl̥ḱ-, the zero-grade ablaut variant of the same root. De Vaan considers the meaning and etymology of the Umbrian form to be unclear. (At the same time, De Vaan reconstructs la simplex as coming from itc-pro *sm̥-plak-s.-sem-, sim- 553) Beekes thinks the Latin, Umbrian, and Greek endings can all be derived from the root ine-pro *pleḱ-. The Umbrian form suggests la itc-pro *-plaks, which complicates the etymology from ine-pro *pleḱ- to plait, to weave (since zero-grade ine-pro *-plḱ-s would be expected to yield Proto-Italic itc-pro *-polk-s; cf. ine-pro *stel- *stl̥-tós > itc-pro *stoltos, ine-pro *wert- *wr̥t-tós > itc-pro *worssos, ine-pro *pr̥sḱéti > itc-pro *porskō *porsket). Flemestad and Olsen 2017 treat all three of la duplex, xum 𐌕𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌊, and grc δίπλαξ as cognates, and prefer to derive them from the root ine-pro *pel- fold combined with a suffix ine-pro *-ak-.Flemestad Peder Olsen Birgit Anette 2017 Sabellic Textile Terminology Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD 10.13014/K2319T2K 219 Some argue that Greek grc -πλαξ is not from ine-pro *pleḱ- to plait, to weave, but from an unrelated root found in grc πλάξ surface, which van Beek 2022 identifies as coming from ine-pro *plek‑ to strip, flay.Lucien van Beek 2022 Chapter 10 The Reflexes of *l̥ The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek Leiden, The Netherlands Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004469747_011 9789004469747 Coleman 1992 suggests la duplex and xum 𐌕𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌊 might be derived from ine-pro *pleh₂- flat, the root of la plānus, which he considers to be an extension of ine-pro *pel-.Coleman Robert 1992 Chapter 12: Italic Mouton de Gruyter Indo-European Numerals Jadranka Gvozdanović 423 https://books.google.com/books?id=HmbWRnaridAC&pg=PA423 Pronunciation -plex Suffix -plex Creates adjectives specifying the number of times, -fold ine-pro *sem- one → la simplex onefold, single, simple la tri- three → la triplex threefold la quadri- four → la quadruplex fourfold la centum hundred → la centiplex hundredfold la multus many → la multiplex manifold Declension -plex Derived terms la Descendants en -plex 1 References