Etymology

epistolic

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Today it means: Relating to letters or epistles, or in the form or style of them Full definition →

Latin epistolicus ← Ancient Greek ἐπιστολικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιστολικός“suited to or in the style of a letter”
  2. Latin · derived fromepistolicus
  3. English todayepistolic

From Latin epistolicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολικός (epistolikós, “suited to or in the style of a letter”).

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