Etymology

athetize

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Ancient Greek ἄθετος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄθετος“removed”
  2. English todayathetize

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “removed”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).

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