Etymology

cataphora

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Today it means: The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καταφορά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαταφορά“a downward motion”
  2. English todaycataphora

From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

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