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helix (n.)
"a spiral thing," 1560s, from Latin
helix
"spiral," from Greek
helix
(genitive
helikos
), related to
eilein
"to turn, twist, roll," from PIE
*wel-ik-
, from root
*wel-
(3) "to turn, revolve" (see
volvox
).