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lex- — Word
lex- means word. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: lexicon.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Word
- Ancient Greek: λέξις (lexis)
Examples and word parts
lexicon
The words of a language or field, or a dictionary that collects them.
Word parts: lexicon comes from lexikon, a word book, related to lexis (word or speech).
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Related language & writing terms
- verb- — Word
verbal
- lingu- — Tongue or language
bilingual
- gloss/o — Tongue or language
glossary
- phon/o — Voice or sound
phonetics
- graph/o — Writing or drawing
biography
- grammat- — Letter or written mark
grammar
- scrib-, script- — Writing
manuscript
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.