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Where does “antiptosis” come from?

antiptosis (English) comes from Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις, from Ancient Greek πτῶσις, from Ancient Greek πίπτω, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

antiptosis (English): Substitution of one grammatical case for another

Definitions

  1. Substitution of one grammatical case for another

Ancestry of “antiptosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀντίπτωσιςopposition, resistance; interchange substitution...
2Ancient Greekπτῶσιςfalling, a fall; case; inflection
3Ancient Greekπίπτωto fall, throw oneself down
4Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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