English
pseph-
Pseph- comes from Ancient Greek ψῆφος ‘pebble’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψῆφοςpsêphos‘pebble’
- Englishtodaypseph-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEψῆφοςpsêphos‘pebble’
- Englishtodaypseph-
The story
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).
Every English word from Ancient Greek ψῆφος
Today it means
prefix pebble, small stone
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ψῆφος / pseph-