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Where does “diftong” come from?

diftong (Dutch) comes from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος.

diftong (Dutch): diphthong

Definitions

  1. diphthong

Ancestry of “diftong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdiphtongue—
2Latindiphthongusdiphthong
3Ancient Greekδῐ́φθογγος—
Every word from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος →