semiotics=السيميائية

semiotics=السيميائية

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

semiotics (n.)

study of signs and symbols with special regard to function and origin, 1880, from semiotic; also see -ics.

semiotic (adj.)

1620s, of symptoms, from Gk. semeiotikos "significant," also "observant of signs," adj. form of semeiosis "indication," from semeioun "to signal, to interpret a sign," from sema "sign." Use in