Where does “archiphoneme” come from?
archiphoneme (English) comes from English phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα, from Ancient Greek φωνέω, from Ancient Greek φωνή, from Proto-Hellenic pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
archiphoneme (English): A unit representing two or more underlying...
Definitions
- A unit representing two or more underlying...
Ancestry of “archiphoneme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | phoneme | An indivisible unit of sound in a given language.... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φώνημα | sound made, utterance; thing spoken, speech,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φωνέω | I produce a sound or tone; I speak loud or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωνή | sound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰōnā́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰoh₂-néh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
Words derived from “archiphoneme”