Etymology

aphantic

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Today it means: Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φάς (phás) ← English a- ← Proto-Hellenic *ə-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Ancient Greekφάς (phás)
  7. English todayaphantic

From a- + Ancient Greek φάς (phás, “speaking”) + English -ic.

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