Etymology

deglottalize

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Today it means: To change the pronunciation of, so that it is no longer glottal. Full definition →

English glottalize ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishglottalize
  8. English todaydeglottalize

From de- + glottalize.

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