tmesis

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

tmesi

abbandono

sinonimi

abandoning

abandonment

relinquishment

renunciation

forlesing

Traduzioni

Tmesis

tmesis

τμήσις

tmèse

tmesis

εγκατάλειψη

renonciation

Hinterlassung

renoncement

abandonnement

Preisgabe

abandon

désertion

tmesis

Überlassen

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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