English
lipogrammatic
Lipogrammatic comes from Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος ‘missing a letter’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλιπογράμματοςlipográmmatos‘missing a letter’
- Englishtodaylipogrammatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλιπογράμματοςlipográmmatos‘missing a letter’
- Englishtodaylipogrammatic
A compound of λείπω ‘to leave, leave behind’ + γράμμα
Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave behind’
Ancient Greek λείπω ‘to leave, leave behind’
Every English word from Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος
Today it means
adj Of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος / lipogrammatic