Etymology

microprosody

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Today it means: The microdynamic 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*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  8. Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
  9. Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
  10. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  13. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  14. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  15. Latinprosōdia
  16. Middle Frenchprosodie
  17. Englishprosody
  18. English todaymicroprosody

From micro- + prosody.

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