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- Latin · derived fromaenigma“riddle”
- English todayenigma
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
enigma
Today it means: Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable. Full definition →
Latin aenigma