word-forming element, from Latin -plex, from PIE root *plek- "to plait." De Vaan writes, "Probably, duplex was the archetype of this category of compounds."
*pleu-
pleura
pleural
pleurisy
pleuro-
-plex
Plexiglas
plexus
pliable
pliant
plie
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