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Where does “gutturality” come from?

gutturality (English) comes from English guttural, from Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur, from Proto-Indo-European gut- — rounding, swelling; entrails, stomach; swelling,...

gutturality (English): The quality of being guttural; An instance of...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being guttural; An instance of...

Ancestry of “gutturality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgutturalSounding harsh and throaty; Articulated at the...
2Middle Frenchguttural—
3New Latingutturālis—
4Latingutturthroat, neck, gullet; gluttony
5Proto-Indo-Europeangut-rounding, swelling; entrails, stomach; swelling,...
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