isopsephy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of adding up the numerical values of the letters in a word to form a single number.

Pronunciation

/ˈaɪsəpˌsɛfi/

Word forms

isopsephy

Etymology

From Koine Greek ἰσοψηφία (isopsēphía), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”). The early Greeks used pebbles arranged in patterns to learn arithmetic and geometry.

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.