The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιαλλαγή“interchange”
- New Latin · borrowed fromdiallagē
- English todaydiallage
From New Latin diallagē, from Ancient Greek διαλλαγή (diallagḗ, “interchange”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diallage
Today it means: A figure of speech in which multiple arguments are brought to bear on a single point. Full definition →
New Latin diallagē ← Ancient Greek διαλλαγή