Etymology

listeme

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Today it means: An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule. Full definition →

English phonemeclip. ← Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
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The story

  1. Old Englishlīste
  2. Old Frenchliste
  3. Medieval Latinlista
  4. Middle Englishlī̆st
  5. Englishlist
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  8. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  9. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  10. Ancient Greekφώνημα (phṓnēma)
  11. Englishphonemeclip.
  12. English todaylisteme

From list + -eme.

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