The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύγχυσις“a mixing”
- Latin · borrowed fromsynchysis
- English todaysynchysis
Borrowed from Latin synchysis, from Ancient Greek σύγχυσις (súnkhusis, “a mixing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
synchysis
Today it means: A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries. Full definition →
Latin synchysis ← Ancient Greek σύγχυσις