Etymology

stoichedon

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Today it means: Text written such that the letters are arranged as rows and columns within a grid arrangement. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στοιχηδόν
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromστοιχηδόν“in a row”
  2. English todaystoichedon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στοιχηδόν (stoikhēdón, “in a row”), from στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “row”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix) .

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