classeme

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *klāssis

Latin classisder.

Middle French classebor.

English class

English -eme

English classeme

From class + -eme.

classeme (plural classemes)

(semiotics) A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
- 1986, Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language‎^[1], →ISBN, page 190:
  Given that "bark" has two classemes, human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense.

generic seme