tmesis

• 插词法

来自希腊语 tmesis,砍，切入，来自 temnein,砍，词源同 tome,anatomy.-esis,表状态。用于语法 格指在词的中间插入其他词。

tmesis (n.)

1580s, from Greek tmesis "a cutting," related to temnein "to cut," tome "a cutting" (see tome). The separation of the elements of a compound word by the interposition of another word or words (such as a whole nother).