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agrammatism
Agrammatism comes from Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος ‘illiterate’, from γράμμα ‘letter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φω‘to write’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγράμμα‘letter’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγράμματοςagrámmatos‘illiterate’
- Englishtodayagrammatism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φω‘to write’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγράμμα‘letter’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγράμματοςagrámmatos‘illiterate’
- Englishtodayagrammatism
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
crawl, crab, grammar, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 79 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photo, cinema, graphic, graphite, graphene, epigram, 73 more
through Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to write’
photography, graffiti, graft, demography, ultrasonography, epigraph, sonography, 40 more
through Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘letter’
Today it means
noun The inability to form sentences by virtue of a brain disorder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / agrammatism