Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stemma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: stem-ma
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A family tree or recorded genealogy.

noun

In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.

noun

One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

Example Sentences

"Where so few dates are known, an authoritative stemma is out of the question"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *stegʷʰ-, στέμμα

Inflected Forms

stemmata (plural) stemmas (plural)

Phrases

stemma codicum

Frequently Paired Words

stemma codicum stemmatics

Synonyms

simple eye ocellus lineage line line of descent descent bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry origin

Questions

What does stemma mean?: A family tree or recorded genealogy.
Where does stemma come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce stemma

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