English
homeoteleuton
Homeoteleuton comes from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον ‘like ending’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμοιοτέλευτονhomoiotéleuton‘like ending’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835homeoteleuton
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμοιοτέλευτονhomoiotéleuton‘like ending’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835homeoteleuton
Earliest quotation: 1835, Larret Langley, [Rhetorical Turns.] Homeoteleuton.: “Homoioteleuton makes the measure chime With the same endings…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον
Today it means
noun The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον / homeoteleuton