Etymology

anachorism

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Today it means: Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χῶρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχῶρος“country”
  2. English todayanachorism

Modelled on anachronism, with Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “country”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχῶρος all →

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