Etymology

sphenogram

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Today it means: A cuneiform character/symbol. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σφήν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσφήν“wedge”
  2. English todaysphenogram

From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”) + -gram.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσφήν all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.