Etymology

haplology

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Today it means: The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos ← Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̔- (hă-)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)
  6. Englishhaplo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  10. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  11. English todayhaplology

From haplo- + -logy.

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