Where does “diaeresis” come from?

diaeresis (English) comes from Latin diaeresis, from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς — divisibility.

diaeresis (English): The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable

Definitions

  1. The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable

Ancestry of “diaeresis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindiaeresisdiaeresis; distribution
2Ancient Greekδῐαίρεσῐςdivisibility

Words derived from “diaeresis”

Every word from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς →Every word from Latin diaeresis →