The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἰωτακισμός
- English todayiotacism
From Ancient Greek ἰωτακισμός (iōtakismós), by surface analysis from iota + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
iotacism
Today it means: Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἰωτακισμός