Etymology

semivocalic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a semivowel. Full definition →

English vocalic ← French vocalique ← Latin sēmi-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Frenchvocalique
  6. Englishvocalic
  7. English todaysemivocalic

From semi- + vocalic.

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