pseph-

From the Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”); the later, electoral sense stems from the ancient Athenian method of voting by putting a pebble in a ballot box (for which sense see psephisma and psephophoria).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: psēf, psĕf, IPA^(key): /psiːf/, /psɛf/

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• (US) enPR: psēf, IPA^(key): /psif/

pseph-

1. pebble, small stone
2. voting, election; ballot box

• When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with the interfix -o- (as psepho-).
• Of the pronunciations in use, psēf— is the most etymologically consistent.

• “psepho-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
• “psepho-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2008]

• Hepps, hepps