English
lipogram
Lipogram comes from Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλειπογγράμμαleipongrámma
- Englishtodaylipogram
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλειπογγράμμαleipongrámma
- Englishtodaylipogram
A compound of λείπω ‘leaving out’ + γράμμα ‘letter’
Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave behind’
Ancient Greek λείπω ‘leaving out’
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to write’
Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘letter’
Every English word from Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα
Today it means
noun A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα / lipogram