Unscramble

s 1 e 1 m 3 i 1 o 1 t 1 i 1 c 3 s 1

9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols

originCoined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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