Etymology

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Today it means: A short written or spoken expression. Full definition →

Late Latin phrasis ← Ancient Greek φράσις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφράσις“manner of expression”
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromphrasis“diction”
  3. English todayphrase

Borrowed from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “to tell, express”).

Words from the same roots

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