Etymology

palatovelar

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Today it means: A velar sound articulated further in the mouth at the area of the soft palate; a palatized velar. Full definition →

English velar ← Latin vēlāris ← Proto-Italic *wekslom
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  4. Latinpalātum
  5. Englishpalato-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  9. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  10. Latinvēlum
  11. Latinvēlāris
  12. Englishvelar
  13. English todaypalatovelar

From palato- + velar.

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