The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἆγμα“fragment, fracture”
- English todayagma
From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink. Full definition →
From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.