Etymology

prevoiceless

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Today it means: Before a voiceless sound. Full definition →

English voiceless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  11. Proto-Italic*wōks
  12. Latinvōcem
  13. Anglo-Normanvoiz
  14. Middle Englishvoys
  15. Englishvoice
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  18. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  19. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  20. Englishvoiceless
  21. English todayprevoiceless

From pre- + voiceless.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.