Etymology

morphophonemic

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Today it means: Relating to morphophonemes or morphophonemics. Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  2. Englishmorpho-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  5. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  6. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  7. Ancient Greekφώνημα (phṓnēma)
  8. Englishphoneme
  9. Englishphonemic
  10. English todaymorphophonemic

From morpho- + phonemic.

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