Etymology

glottalization

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Today it means: The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction. Full definition →

English glottal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin glōttis
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  1. Ancient Greekγλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)
  2. New Latinglōttis
  3. Englishglottis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Englishglottal
  7. English todayglottalization

From glottal or -ization.

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