stemma
[ stem-uh ]
Origin of stemma
11650–60; <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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How to use stemma in a sentence
Robbins put P in the position of in this last stemma, but on the assumption that it did not contain the indices.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger | Elias Avery Lowe and Edward Kennard RandThey are confirmed in this idea by the discovery of his stemma as a councillor of the English nation for the year 1600.
William Harvey | D'Arcy PowersNobilitatis virtus non stemma character—Virtue, not pedigree, should characterise nobility.
Seeing that the boys were fascinated by the grandeur of Csarism, he rolled up the stemma.
Darkness and Dawn | Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for stemma
stemma
/ (ˈstɛmə) /
noun
a family tree; pedigree
Origin of stemma
1C19: via Latin from Greek stemma garland, wreath, from stephein to crown, wreathe
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