The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐλλειπτικός
- English todayelliptical
From elliptic + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.