Etymology

asyndesis

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Today it means: A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas. Full definition →

Latin asyndesis ← Ancient Greek ἀσύνδεσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσύνδεσις
  2. Latin · borrowed fromasyndesis
  3. English todayasyndesis

From Latin asyndesis, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδεσις (asúndesis), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-: without”) + σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syn- + -desis or a- + syndesis.

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