Etymology

rhegma

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Today it means: A rupture or fracture. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῥῆγμα“breaking, fracture”
  2. English todayrhegma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “breaking, fracture”). Doublet of regma.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥῆγμα all →

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