ANAPTOTIC Definition & Meaning

anaptotic

[ an-uhp-tot-ik ]

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adjective

Archaic.

(of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.

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Origin of anaptotic¹

1840–50; an- ³ + aptote (< Greek á��ō�ٴǲ�, noun use of neuter of á��ō�ٴǲ� uninflected, not falling, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + ��ō��ó�� falling, verbid of ��í��ٱ𾱲� to fall) + -ic

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Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

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