English
strephosymbolia
Strephosymbolia comes from Ancient Greek στρέφω ‘turn aside’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρέφω‘turn aside’
- Englishtodaystrephosymbolia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρέφω‘turn aside’
- Englishtodaystrephosymbolia
Formed from στρέφω ‘turn aside’ + symbol + -ia
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw, reach, pierce’
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Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω
Ancient Greek σύμβολον ‘a sign by which one infers something’
Latin symbolum ‘symbol, token’
French symbole
English symbol
The story
Coined in 1925 by Samuel Orton.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek στρέφω ‘turn aside’
Today it means
noun A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στρέφω / strephosymbolia