Etymology

prosodification

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Today it means: The imposition of prosodic structure (e.g. syllables, feet, stress, etc.) onto string of segments (i.e. sounds such as consonants and vowels) Full definition →

English prosody ← Middle French prosodie ← 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. English todayprosodification

From prosody + -ification.

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