Etymology

emics

e·mics
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Today it means: The use of an emic approach. Full definition →

English emic ← Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  5. Ancient Greekφώνημα (phṓnēma)
  6. Englishphoneme
  7. Englishphonemicclip.
  8. Englishemic
  9. English todayemics

From emic + -s. By surface analysis, -eme + -ics.

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