Etymology

suprasegmental

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Today it means: An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds. Full definition →

English segmental ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin supra-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Proto-Italic*superos
  5. Proto-Italic*superād
  6. Old Latinsuprād
  7. Latinsuprā
  8. Latinsupra-
  9. Englishsupra-
  10. Englishsegment
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishsegmental
  14. English todaysuprasegmental

From supra- + segmental.

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