Anadiplosis
repet-tion in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning.
noun
(rhetoric) repet-tion of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
n.
“repet-tion of an initial word,” 1580s, from latin, from greek anadiplosis, from anadiploesthai “to be doubled back, to be made double,” from ana “back” (see ana-) + diploun “to double, fold over” (see diploma).
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