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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐλλειπτικός
- English todayelliptic
From Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic.
Words from the same roots
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