Etymology

oligosynthetic

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Today it means: Using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words. Full definition →

English synthetic ← Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
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  1. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  2. Englisholigo-
  3. Englishsynthetic
  4. English todayoligosynthetic

From oligo- + synthetic.

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