agrammatism

Meaning

1. The inability to form sentences by virtue of a brain disorder.
2. An ungrammatical utterance.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English agrammatism From Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos, “illiterate”) + English -ism (English suffix).

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