Etymology

diptych

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Today it means: A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. Full definition →

Late Latin diptycha
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromdiptycha
  2. English todaydiptych

From Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Ancient Greek, neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι- (di-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).

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