Etymology

mesodiplosis

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Ancient Greek μέσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“middle”
  2. English todaymesodiplosis

From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + δίπλωσις (díplōsis, “a doubling”)

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