Etymology

symphytism

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Today it means: coalescence; compounding of two words. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σύμφυσις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύμφυσις“growing together”
  2. English todaysymphytism

From Ancient Greek σύμφυσις (súmphusis, “growing together”) + -ism.

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