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stemmatics.

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

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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noun/stəˈmætɪks//stɛmˈætɪks/
  1. The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original.

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Where this word comes from

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

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