The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστίγμα“mark”, “sign”
- English todaystigmergy
Coined in 1959 by French biologist Pierre-Paul Grassé in reference to termite behaviour, from the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark”, “sign”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”, “action”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστίγμα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.