Where does “synizesis” come from?
synizesis (English) comes from Ancient Greek συνίζησις, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.
synizesis (English): A poetic figure of speech in which two...
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- A poetic figure of speech in which two...
Ancestry of “synizesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | συνίζησις | a sitting together; subsidence, collapse |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |