Where does “metaplasmic” come from?
metaplasmic (English) comes from English metaplasm, from Latin metaplasmus, from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός, from Ancient Greek μεταπλάσσω — I transform, remould.
metaplasmic (English): Relating to metaplasm
Ancestry of “metaplasmic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | metaplasm | Any change in a word made by altering its letters... |
| 2 | Latin | metaplasmus | A grammatical change; an irregularity, metaplasm;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μεταπλασμός | metaplasm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μεταπλάσσω | I transform, remould |