English
anaptotic
Anaptotic comes from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτωσις ‘falling back’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάπτωσιςanáptōsis‘falling back’
- Englishtodayanaptotic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάπτωσιςanáptōsis‘falling back’
- Englishtodayanaptotic
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτωσις
Today it means
adj Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; uninflected
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνάπτωσις / anaptotic