Dictionary

pseph- en · X

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• psēf (Received-Pronunciation)
• /psɛf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• psēf (US)
• /psiːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /psif/ (US)
• psĕf (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

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).

Meanings

1. (morpheme) pebble, small stone
2. (morpheme) voting, election; ballot box

Deriveds

psephology (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephomancy (Terms derived in the sense “pebble”, “small stone”) · psephograph (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephocracy (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephologist (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephite (Terms derived in the sense “pebble”, “small stone”) · psephologically (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephological (Terms derived in the sense “voting”, “election”; “ballot box”) · psephitic (Terms derived in the sense “pebble”, “small stone”)

Relateds

psephism (Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix) · psephisma (Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix) · psephophoria (Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix) · isopsephism (Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix) · isopsephic (Terms ultimately deriving from ψῆφος (psēphos, “pebble”) but not formed with this prefix)