The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσημειωτικός“observant of signs”
- English todaysemiotic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσημειωτικός all →
semiotics
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.