Etymology

paremptosis

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Ancient Greek παρέμπτωσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαρέμπτωσις“coming in beside”
  2. English todayparemptosis

From Ancient Greek παρέμπτωσις (parémptōsis, “coming in beside”); παρεν- (paren-, “beside”) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”).

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