Etymology

palatalization

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Today it means: The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not. Full definition →

English palatalize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English palate
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  4. Latinpalātum
  5. Old Frenchpalat
  6. Middle Englishpalate
  7. Englishpalate
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishpalatal
  11. Englishpalatalize
  12. English todaypalatalization

From palatal + -ization or palatalize + -ation. First attested in 1863 in this spelling, 1862 in the spelling palatalisation.

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