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Where does “antisyntactic” come from?

antisyntactic (English) comes from English syntactic, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός, from Ancient Greek συντάσσω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

antisyntactic (English): Opposing or flouting the rules of syntax

Definitions

  1. Opposing or flouting the rules of syntax

Ancestry of “antisyntactic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsyntacticOf, related to or connected with syntax;...
2Ancient Greekσυντακτικός—
3Ancient Greekσυντάσσωarrange together”, “to order
4Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Proto-Hellenic*ksún—
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