Etymology

tapinosis

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Today it means: A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. Full definition →

Latin tapīnōsis ← Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromταπείνωσις“lowering”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromtapīnōsis“depreciation”
  3. English todaytapinosis

Borrowed from Latin tapīnōsis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis, “lowering”), from ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”).

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