Etymology

skiamorph

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Today it means: Synonym of skeuomorph. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκῐᾱ́
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσκῐᾱ́“shadow”
  2. English todayskiamorph

From Ancient Greek σκῐᾱ́ (skĭā́, “shadow”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).

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