Where does “haplology” come from?
haplology (English) comes from English haplo-, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
haplology (English): The process of deleting one of two almost...
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- The process of deleting one of two almost...
Ancestry of “haplology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | haplo- | single; simple; haplic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἁπλόος | single; simple; honest, candid |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “haplology”