Etymology

syncategorematic

Today it means: Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language. Full definition →

English categorematic ← Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ksún
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Englishsyn-
  8. Englishcategorematic
  9. English todaysyncategorematic

From syn- + categorematic.

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