Etymology

macroprosody

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Today it means: The macrodynamic behaviour of vowels in a particular language Full definition →

English prosody ← Middle French prosodie ← Latin prosōdia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
  11. Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
  12. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  15. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  17. Latinprosōdia
  18. Middle Frenchprosodie
  19. Englishprosody
  20. English todaymacroprosody

From macro- + prosody.

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