Etymology

anaphonesis

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Today it means: The raising of /e/, /o/ to /i/, /u/ before certain consonantal environments, mainly [ŋ] and /ʎ/, occurring originally in some Tuscan dialects, and thus in Standard Italian. Full definition →

Italian anafonesi
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromanafonesi
  2. English todayanaphonesis

Borrowed from Italian anafonesi, constructed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -σις (-sis). By surface analysis, ana- + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) + -esis.

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