English Explanatory Dictionary

gammadion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fylfot or swastika.

Word forms

gammadion gammadions gammadia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.

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