semaphore
Meaninga sign-bearer
Common meaning: signalling with flags
- sema sign, a markLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1382 · scan
- phorebearer (Greek pherein)
Journey through time
- Greekσῆμα‘a sign, a mark’
- Englishsemaphore‘signalling with flags’ · today
sem also in: semantic
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek σῆμα ‘a sign, a mark’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry σῆμα, p. 1382 · dictionary scan
Roots
- σῆμα Greek “a sign, a mark”
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