Etymology

paroxytone

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Today it means: Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπᾰροξῠ́τονος
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπᾰροξῠ́τονος
  3. English todayparoxytone

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).

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