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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποσιώπησις
- Latin · derived fromaposiopesis
- English todayaposiopesis
From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.