Etymology

parapegma

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Today it means: A device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on. Full definition →

Latin parapegma ← Ancient Greek παράπηγμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαράπηγμα“something fixed on or hung up”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromparapegma
  3. English todayparapegma

From Latin parapegma, from Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma, “something fixed on or hung up”) .

Words from the same roots

Latinparapegma all →

parapegm

Ancient Greekπαράπηγμα all →

parapegm

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