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stemma
[ stem-uh ]
stemma
/ ˈstɛmə /
noun
- a family tree; pedigree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stemma1
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek stémma wreath, garland, derivative (with -ma noun suffix of result) from root of stéphos garland, stéphein to crown; from the crownlike appearance of ocelli in certain insects
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stemma1
C19: via Latin from Greek stemma garland, wreath, from stephein to crown, wreathe
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Example Sentences
Robbins put P in the position of in this last stemma, but on the assumption that it did not contain the indices.
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They are confirmed in this idea by the discovery of his Stemma as a councillor of the English nation for the year 1600.
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Nobilitatis virtus non stemma character—Virtue, not pedigree, should characterise nobility.
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Seeing that the boys were fascinated by the grandeur of Csarism, he rolled up the stemma.
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