Etymology

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Today it means: Having the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῖγμᾰ
  2. English todaysigmatic

From the name of the letter s in Greek, Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) (stem σῑ́γμᾰτ- (sī́gmăt-)) + -ic.

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