Etymology

duretics

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Today it means: The study of syllable length, concerned with both the phonetic prolonging and gemination of vowels and consonants, as well as the semantic distinctions that occur in a language as a consequence of phonetic lengthening. Full definition →

English duration ← Middle English duracioun ← Old French duracion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dweh₂rós
  3. Proto-Italic*dūros
  4. Latindūrus
  5. Latindūrō
  6. Medieval Latindūrātiō
  7. Old Frenchduracion
  8. Middle Englishduracioun
  9. Englishduration
  10. English todayduretics

From duration + -etic + -s.

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