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- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishgemination
- English todaydegemination
From de- + gemination.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
degemination
Today it means: The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period. Full definition →
English gemination ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē