Where does “syncopa” come from?
syncopa (Classical Latin) comes from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
Ancestry of “syncopa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |