The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύντηξις“a melting”
- New Latin · borrowed fromsyntēxis
- English todaysyntexis
From New Latin syntēxis, from Ancient Greek σύντηξις (súntēxis, “a melting”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
syntexis
Today it means: A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock. Full definition →
New Latin syntēxis ← Ancient Greek σύντηξις