Etymology

palinspastic

pal·in·spas·tic
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Today it means: Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πάλιν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάλιν“again”
  2. English todaypalinspastic

From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπάλιν all →

palinopsia

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