tmesis

Meaning

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

Synonyms

abandoning

abandonment

relinquishment

renunciation

forlesing

Translations

Tmesis

τμήσις

tmesis

tmèse

tmesi

tmesis

εγκατάλειψη

renonciation

Hinterlassung

renoncement

abandonnement

Preisgabe

désertion

abbandono

abandon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/

Etymology

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