Where does “rhotic” come from?
rhotic (English) comes from English rhotacism, from New Latin rhotacismus, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακισμός, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακίζω, from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓.
rhotic (English): That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not...
Definitions
- That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not...
Ancestry of “rhotic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhotacism | An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R;... |
| 2 | New Latin | rhotacismus | excessive or peculiar use of {{IPAchar|}},... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακισμός | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακίζω | to incorrectly use rho |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥῶ | rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of... |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤓 | — |