Etymology

agma

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Today it means: The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἆγμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἆγμα“fragment, fracture”
  2. English todayagma

From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).

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