Etymology

syncratic

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Today it means: Of a decision, made jointly instead of individually. Full definition →

Ancient Greek συγκρᾱτικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσυγκρᾱτικός“mixed together”
  2. English todaysyncratic

From Ancient Greek συγκρᾱτικός (sunkrātikós, “mixed together”). By surface analysis, syn- + cratic.

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