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Where does “morphophonetic” come from?

morphophonetic (English) comes from English phonetic, from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός, from Ancient Greek φωνή, from Proto-Hellenic pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

morphophonetic (English): Relating to morphophonetics

Definitions

  1. Relating to morphophonetics

Ancestry of “morphophonetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphoneticRelating to the sounds of spoken language;...
2Latinphōnēticus—
3Ancient Greekφωνητῐκός—
4Ancient Greekφωνήsound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,...
5Proto-Hellenicpʰōnā́—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₂-néh₂—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—
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