Etymology

syllabe

S1Y4L1L1A1B3E1
French syllabe ← Latin syllaba ← Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₂gʷ-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hlagʷ-
  9. Ancient Greekλᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō)
  10. Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
  11. Ancient Greekσυλλαβή (sullabḗ)
  12. Latinsyllaba
  13. Frenchsyllabe
  14. English todaysyllabe

Borrowed from French syllabe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.