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epizeugma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Proto-Indo-European *yewg-der. Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμι (zeúgnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma) Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma)lbor. English epizeugma Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).

epizeugmenon (alternative)

diazeugma hyperzeugma hypozeugma mesozeugma protozeugma prozeugma synzeugma zeugma

What does epizeugma mean?: A type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
Where does epizeugma come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Proto-Indo-European *yewg-der. Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμι (zeúgnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma) Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma)lbor. English epizeugma Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).

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