stemmatics

Pronunciation: /stəˈmætɪks/

The English word “stemmatics” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.

From stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμματα (stémmata, “family trees, genealogy”).

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