Etymology

prosodicity

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Today it means: The state of being prosodic. Full definition →

English prosodic ← New Latin prosōdicusder.? ← French prosodiqueder.?
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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. Englishprosodic
  20. English todayprosodicity

From prosodic + -ity.

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