Etymology

consonantness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being consonant. Full definition →

English consonant ← Middle English consonant ← Old French consonant
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*swonh₂éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*swonaō
  9. Latinsonō
  10. Latincōnsonō
  11. Latincōnsonāns
  12. Old Frenchconsonant
  13. Middle Englishconsonant
  14. Englishconsonant
  15. English todayconsonantness

From consonant + -ness.

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