labiodentalization

noun

A change to a sound that makes it labiodental.

OriginEnglish labiodental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta →
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Meanings

nounlabiodentalization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA change to a sound that makes it labiodental.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leb-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*l̥b-yóm
  3. Proto-Italic*labjom
  4. Latinlabium
  5. Englishlabio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  8. Proto-Italic*dents
  9. Latindēns
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Medieval Latindentālis
  13. Middle Frenchdenta
  14. Late Latindentālis
  15. Englishdental
  16. Englishlabiodental
  17. Englishlabiodentalization

From labiodental + -ization.

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