systole
Meaninga drawing together
Common meaning: contraction of the heart
- syGreek syn- before s: together
- stolto send; to set in orderLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 698 · scan
‘together’ + ‘to send’ → systole
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek στέλλω ‘to send; to set in order’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry στέλλω, p. 698 · dictionary scan
Roots
- στέλλω Greek “to send; to set in order”
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