Etymology

heptalemma

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Today it means: A figure that gives an exhaustive enumeration of seven possibilities in a specified situation. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλῆμμᾰ“premise, assumption”
  2. English todayheptalemma

English hepta- (“seven”) + Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmmă, “premise, assumption”), as in dilemma, trilemma, tetralemma, etc.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλῆμμᾰ all →

lemma

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