Where does “inherent vowel” come from?
inherent vowel (English) comes from English inherent, from Latin inhaerēns, from Latin inhaereō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inherent vowel (English): In an abugida, the vowel sound (often a schwa in Brahmic scripts) appended by default to a consonant symbol lacking a vowel diacritic
Definitions
- In an abugida, the vowel sound (often a schwa in Brahmic scripts) appended by default to a consonant symbol lacking a vowel diacritic
Ancestry of “inherent vowel”, step by step
inherent vowel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inherent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inherent | Naturally as part or consequence of something |
| 2 | Latin | inhaerēns | sticking, adhering (to) |
| 3 | Latin | inhaereō | to stick or inhere in; stick, cleave, hang or adhere to; hold on to |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English vowel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vowel | A sound produced by the vocal cords with... |
| 2 | Old French | vouel | Alternative form of voyeul |
| 3 | Old French | voyeul | vowel |
| 4 | Latin | vōcālis | uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal |
| 5 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |