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phatic (adj.)
1923, coined by Polish-born British anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942) from Greek
phatos
"spoken, that may be spoken," from
phanai
"to speak, say," from PIE root
*bha-
(2) "to speak, tell, say" (see
fame
(n.)) +
-ic
.
