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English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”); the later, electoral sense stems from the ancient Athenian method of voting by putting a pebble in a ballot box (for which sense see psephisma and psephophoria).

Pronunciation

Prefix

pseph-

  1. pebble, small stone
  2. voting, election; ballot box

Usage notes

  • When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with the interfix -o- (as psepho-).
  • Of the pronunciations in use, psēf— is the most etymologically consistent.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pseph-
psephocracy
Terms derived in the sense “pebble”, “small stone”
Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”
Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix

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