Etymology

agamy

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Today it means: Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄγαμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἄγαμος“unmarried, single (of men)”
  2. English todayagamy

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄγαμος all →

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