Etymology

semon

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Today it means: A unit of semiology or semantics. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σημεῖον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσημεῖον“sign”
  2. English todaysemon

From sem- as in semantic and semiotics, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”), + -on. By surface analysis, seme + -on.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσημεῖον all →

semiologysemeionsemio-tetrasemic

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