The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπροτρεπτικός“hortatory”
- English todayprotreptic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
protreptic
Today it means: Serving to instruct; didactic. Full definition →
Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός