tmesis

Betekenis (Engels)

The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.

Sinonieme

abandoning

abandonment

relinquishment

renunciation

forlesing

Vertalings

Tmesis

τμήσις

tmesis

tmèse

tmesi

tmesis

εγκατάλειψη

renonciation

Hinterlassung

renoncement

abandonnement

Preisgabe

désertion

abbandono

abandon

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.