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anadiplosis

Anadiplosis comes from Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσις ‘double infection’, and goes back to διπλόος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιπλόος‘double’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιπλόωdiplóō‘to double’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίπλωσις‘a doubling, a folding’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναδίπλωσιςanadíplōsis‘double infection’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanadiplōsis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1835anadiplosis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιπλόος‘double’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιπλόωdiplóō‘to double’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίπλωσις‘a doubling, a folding’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναδίπλωσιςanadíplōsis‘double infection’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanadiplōsis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1835anadiplosis

Earliest quotation: 1835, Larret Langley, [Rhetorical Turns.] Anadiplosis.: “Anadiplosis ends the former line With what the next…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek διπλόος ‘double’

diplomacy, 3 more

through Ancient Greek διπλόω ‘to double’

diploma

Today it means

noun A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek διπλόος / anadiplosis

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