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anaptotic

[ an-uhp-tot-ik ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anaptotic1

1840–50; an- 3 + aptote (< Greek áōٴDz, noun use of neuter of áōٴDz uninflected, not falling, equivalent to a- a- 6 + ōó falling, verbid of íٱ𾱲 to fall) + -ic
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Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

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