pseph-

Etymology
From the ; the later, electoral sense stems from the ancient Athenian method of voting by putting a pebble in a ballot box (for which sense see and ).

Prefix

 * 1) pebble, small stone
 * 2) voting, election; ballot box

Usage notes

 * When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with the interfix (as ).
 * Of the pronunciations in use, is the most etymologically consistent.

Derived terms

 * psephitic
 * psephitic


 * psephological
 * psephologically
 * psephologist
 * psephological
 * psephologically
 * psephologist

Related terms

 * isopsephism
 * isopsephism