anacoluthon

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνακόλουθον“without sequence, anomalous [of inflections or grammatical constructions]”
2. Late Latin · derived fromanacolūthon
3. English todayanacoluthon

From Late Latin anacolūthon, from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon, “without sequence, anomalous [of inflections or grammatical constructions]”), from ἀ(ν)- (a(n)-, “un-”) + ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “following”). Compare English non sequitur, from an analogous Latin phrase, denoting a different but related concept.

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