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Where does “metalepsis” come from?

metalepsis (English) comes from Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις — succession.

metalepsis (English): A rhetorical device whereby one word is...

Definitions

  1. A rhetorical device whereby one word is...

Ancestry of “metalepsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmetalēpsis—
2Ancient Greekμετάληψιςsuccession
Every word from Ancient Greek μετάληψις →