"pseph-" meaning in All languages combined

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Prefix [English]

IPA: /psiːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /psɛf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /psif/ [US]
enPR: psēf [US] 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). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ψῆφος||pebble}} Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”), {{m|en|psephisma}} psephisma, {{m|en|psephophoria}} psephophoria Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} pseph-, {{en-prefix}} pseph-
  1. pebble, small stone Tags: morpheme Derived forms (psephite (geology)): psephitic [geology, geography, natural-sciences] Derived forms (psephological): psephologically
    Sense id: en-pseph--en-prefix-Hx-hvTSr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'psephite (geology)': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'psephological': 66 34
  2. voting, election; ballot box Tags: morpheme Derived forms (psephology): psephologist
    Sense id: en-pseph--en-prefix-cydh1OiY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'psephology': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: psephomancy [historical], psephocracy, psephograph [rare] Related terms: psephism [Ancient-Greek] [history, human-sciences, sciences], psephisma [Ancient-Greek] [history, human-sciences, sciences], psephophoria Related terms (isopsephic): isopsephism
Disambiguation of 'isopsephic': 0 0

Alternative forms

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