The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσῆμα“sign, mark”
- English todaysema-
From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσῆμα all →
semaphoresemeaposematismmegasememesosememicrosemesemostomous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.