Etymology

-phemia

Today it means: Synonym of -phasia: forms names of speech disorders. Full definition →

New Latin -phēmia ← Ancient Greek φήμη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφήμη“voice”
  2. New Latin · borrowed from-phēmia
  3. English today-phemia

Borrowed from New Latin -phēmia, from Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “voice”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφήμη all →

Pheme

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.