The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύν“with”
- English todaysyncopate
From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσύν all →
synaesthesiasyncytiumsympatrysympoiesissynclasticsyncrisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.