enclitic
pronunciation
How to pronounce enclitic in British English:
UK [ɪnˈklɪtɪk]
How to pronounce enclitic in American English:
US [ɛnˈklɪtɪk]
Word Origin
- enclitic
- 1650s (adj.); 1660s (n.), in grammar, from Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos "throwing its accent back," literally "leaning on," from verbal adjectival stem of enklinein "to bend, lean on," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + klinein "to lean" (see lean (v.)).