anaptyctic
Of or pertaining to anaptyxisOf or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From New Latin anaptycticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυκτος (anáptuktos, “that may be openeFrom New Latin anaptycticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυκτος (anáptuktos, “that may be opened”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up; again; back”) + πτυκτός (ptuktós, “folded”), from the stem of πτύσσω (ptússō, “to fold”) + τός (tós, suffix forming verbal adjectives).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.