gammadion

Meaning

A fylfot or swastika.

Synonyms

gammatia

gammadia

hooked cross

gammacross

Translations

τετραγαμμάδιον

τετρασκέλιον

صليب معقوف

crux gammata

creu gammada

σβάστικα

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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