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Calque of Esperanto x-sistemo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A convention whereby Esperanto’s circumflex accents (ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, ŭ) are replaced by an x after the non-diacriticked letter (cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux), for convenience of typing. Full definition →
Calque of Esperanto x-sistemo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.