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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρώτησις
- Late Latin · borrowed fromerotesis
- English todayerotesis
From Late Latin erotesis, from Ancient Greek ἐρώτησις (erṓtēsis), from ἐρωτάω (erōtáō, “I question”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
erotesis
Today it means: A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer. Full definition →
Late Latin erotesis ← Ancient Greek ἐρώτησις