The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμφατικός“emphatic”
- English todayemphatic
From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.