English
telicity
From telic + -ity.
A compound of telic + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-os ~ *kʷél-es-
Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos
Ancient Greek τέλος ‘end’
Ancient Greek τελῐκός ‘final’
English telic
Today it means
noun The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “telicity”. 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.
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