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- Ancient Greek · derived fromθαῦμα“miracle”
- English todaythaumatrope
From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle”) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”), thauma + -trope.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thaumatrope
Today it means: An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine. Full definition →
Ancient Greek θαῦμα