"person who has married a second time," 1650s, from digamy "second marriage" (1630s), from Latin digamia, from Greek digamos, from di- "twice (see di- (1)) + gamos "marriage" (see -gamy). Related: Digamous.
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di- 1
word-forming element of Greek origin meaning "two, double, twice, twofold," from Greek di-, shortened form of dis "twice," which is related to duo "two" and cognate with bi-, from PIE root *dwo- "two." In chemistry it indicates a compound containing two units of the element or radical to which it is prefixed.
-gamy
word-forming element meaning "marriage" in anthropology and "fertilization" in biology, from Greek -gamia, from gamos "marriage" (see gamete).
