Etymology

bimoraic

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Today it means: Having two morae (i.e., being composed of either two short vowels, one long vowel, or a diphthong). Full definition →

English moraic ← Latin bi- ← Proto-Italic *dwi-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Englishmoraic
  7. English todaybimoraic

From bi- + moraic.

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