tasis

English

noun

Definitions

(prosody) Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.
(usually) A stretching.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάσις (stretching, tension, intensity).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τάσις

Gloss

stretching, tension, intensity

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

myotasis English
τάσις Ancient Greek
τατικός Ancient Greek
τείνω Ancient Greek
τάση Greek (modern)
*tə́tsis Proto-Hellenic

myotasis