The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροκλίνω“to lean forward”
- English todayproclitic
From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.