English
anaclastic
Anaclastic comes from Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω ‘bend back, reflect’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνακλάωanakláō‘bend back, reflect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1928anaclastic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνακλάωanakláō‘bend back, reflect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1928anaclastic
Earliest quotation: 1928, Julius Meier-Graefe, Dostoevsky: The Man and His Work: “The Double reflects the drama of the lonely man…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω
Today it means
adj Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω / anaclastic