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Where does “plereme” come from?

plereme (English) comes from English -eme, from English phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα, from Ancient Greek φωνέω, from Ancient Greek φωνή, from Proto-Hellenic pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

plereme (English): A unit of content that is the minimal meaningful...

Definitions

  1. A unit of content that is the minimal meaningful...

Ancestry of “plereme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-emeIndicating a fundamental unit in some kind of...
2EnglishphonemeAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language....
3Ancient Greekφώνημαsound made, utterance; thing spoken, speech,...
4Ancient GreekφωνέωI produce a sound or tone; I speak loud or...
5Ancient Greekφωνήsound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,...
6Proto-Hellenicpʰōnā́—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₂-néh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “plereme”

  • pleremic
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