The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀνατρῖψις“rubbing up”
- English todayanatripsis
From the Ancient Greek ἀνατρῖψις (anatrîpsis, “rubbing up”), ultimately from τρίβω (tríbō, “rub”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
anatripsis
Today it means: The use of friction or rubbing as therapy, a form of massage Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀνατρῖψις