Etymology

anastaltic

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Ancient Greek ἀνάσταλτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀνάσταλτικός“fitted for checking or halting”
  2. English todayanastaltic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάσταλτικός (anástaltikós, “fitted for checking or halting”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”).

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