Etymograph

English

amphibrachic

Amphibrachic comes from Latin amphibrachicus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamphibrachicus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1851amphibrachic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamphibrachicus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1851amphibrachic

Earliest quotation: 1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars: “Father Humphrey says, "Anapaestic and amphibrachic verse, being similar…”

Equivalent to amphibrach + -ic

Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς ‘short at both ends’

Latin amphibrachys

English amphibrach

Every English word from Latin amphibrachicus

Today it means

adj Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.

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Etymograph / Latin amphibrachicus / amphibrachic

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