Etymology

semeio-

Ancient Greek σημεῖον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσημεῖον“a mark, sign, token”
  2. English todaysemeio-

From Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). By surface analysis, semei- (“sign, mark, token”) + -o-.

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