Etymology

synclastic

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Today it means: curved toward the same side in all directions Full definition →

Ancient Greek σύν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύν“with, together”
  2. English todaysynclastic

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσύν all →

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