Where does “synecphonesis” come from?
synecphonesis (English) comes from Ancient Greek συνεκφώνησις, from Ancient Greek συν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.
synecphonesis (English): A contraction of two syllables into one;...
Definitions
- A contraction of two syllables into one;...
Ancestry of “synecphonesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | συνεκφώνησις | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συν- | with, together, co-, syn-; indicates completeness |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |