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Where does “ditrochee” come from?

ditrochee (English) comes from Latin ditrochaeus.

ditrochee (English): A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two...

Definitions

  1. A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two...

Ancestry of “ditrochee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinditrochaeus—
Every word from Latin ditrochaeus →