Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gammadion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gam-ma-dion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fylfot or swastika.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.

Inflected Forms

gammadions (plural) gammadia (plural)

Questions

What does gammadion mean?: A fylfot or swastika.
Where does gammadion come from?: Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.

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