Etymology

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Today it means: Used to form the names of disorders and phenomena relating to words and speech. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φάσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφάσις“utterance”
  2. English today-phasia

From Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “utterance”), from φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

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