Etymology

digamy

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Today it means: A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse) Full definition →

Latin digamia ← Ancient Greek διγαμία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιγαμία“bigamy”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromdigamia“twice married”
  3. English todaydigamy

Borrowed from Latin digamia (“twice married”), from Ancient Greek διγαμία (digamía, “bigamy”), δίγαμος (dígamos), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, di- + -gamy.

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