bigamy
Meaninga double marriage
Common meaning: being married to two people at once
- bitwo
- gammarriageLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 299 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘two’ + ‘marriage’ → bigamy
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek γάμος ‘marriage’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry γάμος, p. 299 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γάμος Greek “marriage”
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