The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκατά“downwards”
- English todaycataglottism
From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”) + from γλῶττα (glôtta), γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). First attested in the 17th century.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατά all →
katacatacombcata-catachronismcatafalquecataplerosiskata thermometerkatelectrotonus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.