Etymology

semidiagrammatic

Today it means: Somewhat or partly diagrammatic. Full definition →

English diagrammatic ← French diagramme ← Italian diagramma
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  8. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  9. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  12. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  13. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă)
  14. Ancient Greekδιάγραμμα (diágramma)
  15. Italiandiagramma
  16. Frenchdiagramme
  17. Englishdiagram
  18. Englishdiagrammatic
  19. English todaysemidiagrammatic

From semi- + diagrammatic.

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