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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαρέλκων
- English todayparelcon
From Ancient Greek παρέλκων (parélkōn), from παρέλκω (parélkō, “to draw aside, to be redundant”), from ἕλκω (hélkō).
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parelcon
Today it means: A form of redundancy involving the addition of a syllable, particle, or another word, to the end of a word. Full definition →
Ancient Greek παρέλκων