Etymology

dittogram

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Today it means: Synonym of dittography (“erroneous repetition in a text”). Full definition →

Ancient Greek διττός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιττός“double”
  2. English todaydittogram

From Ancient Greek διττός (dittós, “double”) + -gram.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδιττός all →

dittography

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