The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀτελής“incomplete”
- English todayatelectasis
From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀτελής all →
atelo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.