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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-
- pebble, small stone
- 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
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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