| diacope |
| Definition: The separation of a compound word into its constituent parts. |
| Example: Writing nevertheless as never the less. |
| Etymology: In Greek diacope means "cutting through" (from the Greek diakopto, to cut in two or cut through). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The first citation for the word is from 1586: "Tmesis or Diacope, a division of a word compound into two parts, as, What might be so ever … for, whatsoever might be, &c." (A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 83) |