Etymology

apo koinou

Today it means: A blend of two asyndetically connected clauses through a lexical word that has two syntactical functions, one in each of the blended clauses. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σχῆμα ἀπὸ κοινοῦ
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσχῆμα ἀπὸ κοινοῦ“figure [drawn] from what is common”
  2. English todayapo koinou

Ellipsis from Ancient Greek σχῆμα ἀπὸ κοινοῦ (skhêma apò koinoû, “figure [drawn] from what is common”).

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