Etymograph

English

stypsis

Stypsis comes from Ancient Greek στῦψις ‘contraction’, and goes back to στῡ́φω.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστῡ́φω1‘to contract’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστῦψις2stûpsis‘contraction’
  3. Englishtodaystypsis2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek στῦψις
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English stypsis

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστῡ́φωWiktionary, Ancient Greek στῦψις‘to contract’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστῦψιςWiktionary, English stypsisstûpsis‘contraction’
  3. EnglishtodaystypsisWiktionary, English stypsis

Every English word from Ancient Greek στῡ́φω

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stypsis”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek στῦψις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek στῡ́φω / stypsis

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