English
syncopal
From syncope + -al.
Formed from syncope + -al
Proto-Hellenic *kopt͏̌ō
Ancient Greek κόπτω ‘to strike’
Ancient Greek συγκόπτω ‘cut up’
Ancient Greek συγκοπή ‘syncope, cutting a word short by striking out…’
Latin syncopē
English syncope
Today it means
adj Of or relating to syncope
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / syncopal