Etymology

presyncope

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Today it means: Lightheadedness, muscular weakness, and feeling faint, although not reaching the extent of fainting (passing out). Full definition →

English syncope ← Latin syncopē ← Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  12. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  13. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  14. Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kep-?
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kopt͏̌ō
  17. Ancient Greekκόπτω (kóptō)
  18. Ancient Greekσυγκόπτω (sunkóptō)
  19. Ancient Greekσυγκοπή (sunkopḗ)
  20. Latinsyncopē
  21. Englishsyncope
  22. English todaypresyncope

From pre- + syncope.

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