stemmatic
/stəˈmætɪk/
adjective
- Relating to a stemma, which is a diagram showing the relationships between different versions of a text (like manuscripts) or between languages.
- Her research focused on the stemmatic connections between medieval copies of the poem.
- The scholar created a stemmatic diagram to show how the ancient manuscripts were related.
- Stemmatic analysis helps historians understand which version of a text is oldest.