Etymology

tasis

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Today it means: Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τάσις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτάσις“stretching, tension, intensity”
  2. English todaytasis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, “stretching, tension, intensity”).

Words from the same roots

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