English
syncopic
From syncope + -ic.
A compound of syncope + -ic
Proto-Hellenic *kopt͏̌ō
Ancient Greek κόπτω ‘to strike’
Ancient Greek συγκόπτω ‘cut up’
Ancient Greek συγκοπή ‘syncope, cutting a word short by striking out…’
Latin syncopē
English syncope
Today it means
adj syncopal
Sources
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