Etymology

logogriph

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Today it means: A kind of puzzle where a series of verses give clues leading to a particular word. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλόγος“word”
  2. English todaylogogriph

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + γρίφος (gríphos, “riddle, fishing basket”).

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