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- Ancient Greek · derived fromψήφισμα“a decree”
- English todaypsephism
Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma, “a decree”) from ψηφίζω (psēphízō, “to vote”)
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
psephism
Today it means: A proposition adopted by a majority of votes, especially by the vote of the Athenian people; a statute. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ψήφισμα