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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

Definitions

  1. Relating to metaplasm

Ancestry of “metaplasmic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaplasmAny change in a word made by altering its letters...
2LatinmetaplasmusA grammatical change; an irregularity, metaplasm;...
3Ancient Greekμεταπλασμόςmetaplasm
4Ancient GreekμεταπλάσσωI transform, remould
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