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Where does “megaseme” come from?

megaseme (English) comes from English mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

megaseme (English): Having the orbital index relatively large; having...

Definitions

  1. Having the orbital index relatively large; having...

Ancestry of “megaseme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmega-API; Very large, great; In the International...
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
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