Etymology

tonemic

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Today it means: of or relating to tonemes, or a language that uses tonemes Full definition →

English toneme ← Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  4. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  5. Latintonus
  6. Middle Englishtone
  7. Englishtone
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  10. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  11. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  12. Ancient Greekφώνημα (phṓnēma)
  13. Englishphonemeclip.
  14. Englishtoneme
  15. English todaytonemic

From toneme + -ic.

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