The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαταληκτικός“leaving off, incomplete”
- Latin · derived fromcatalecticus
- English todaycatalectic
From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατάληξις (katálēxis).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.