The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσῆμα“sign, mark”
- English todaymesoseme
From meso- + Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”). Compare French mésosème.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσῆμα all →
semaphoresemeaposematismmegasememicrosemesema-semostomous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.