Etymology

-lalia

Today it means: Forming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λαλιά
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromλαλιά“talk, chat”
  2. English today-lalia

From Ancient Greek λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).

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