Etymology

prosodic

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Today it means: Of, or relating to, prosody. Full definition →

New Latin prosōdicusder.? ← French prosodiqueder.? ← Latin prosōdia
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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. Classical Latinprosōdia
  15. Latinprosōdia
  16. Frenchprosodie
  17. Frenchprosodiqueder.?
  18. New Latinprosōdicusder.?
  19. English todayprosodic

From prosody or its etymon Classical Latin prosōdia + -ic, probably after French prosodique, New Latin prosōdicus.

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