"pseph-" meaning in English

See pseph- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /psiːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /psɛf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /psif/ [US]
enPR: psēf [Received-Pronunciation], psĕf [Received-Pronunciation], 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”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} pseph-, {{en-prefix}} pseph-
  1. pebble, small stone Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pseph--en-prefix-Hx-hvTSr
  2. voting, election; ballot box Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pseph--en-prefix-cydh1OiY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: psephitepsephitic [geology, geography, natural-sciences, geology, geography, natural-sciences], psephomancy [historical], psephocracy, psephograph [rare], psephologypsephologicalpsephologicallypsephologist Related terms: isopsephicisopsephism, psephism [Ancient-Greek] [history, human-sciences, sciences], psephisma [Ancient-Greek] [history, human-sciences, sciences], psephophoria

Alternative forms

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