hypercatalexis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπερκαταληκτικός
2. Latin · derived fromhypercatalēcticus
3. English todayhypercatalexis

Coined in the late 1880s as a back-formation from hypercatalectic, from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκαταληκτικός (huperkatalēktikós), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “incomplete”)

Words from the same roots