Etymology

prosodeme

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Today it means: A phoneme that extends over more than one segment of sound Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
  5. Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
  6. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  9. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  11. Latinprosōdia
  12. Middle Frenchprosodie
  13. Englishprosody
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  16. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  17. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  18. Ancient Greekφώνημα (phṓnēma)
  19. Englishphonemeclip.
  20. English todayprosodeme

From prosody + -eme.

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