English
antanaclasis
Antanaclasis comes from Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις ‘reflection, bending back’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀντανάκλασιςantanáklasis‘reflection, bending back’
- Englishtodayantanaclasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀντανάκλασιςantanáklasis‘reflection, bending back’
- Englishtodayantanaclasis
A compound of ἀντί ‘against’ + ἀνά ‘up’ + κλάσις ‘breaking’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead, front’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘front, opposite’
Ancient Greek ἀντί ‘against’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’
Ancient Greek ἀνά ‘up’
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to beat, break’
Ancient Greek κλᾰ́ω ‘break’
Ancient Greek κλάσις ‘breaking’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις
Today it means
noun The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις / antanaclasis