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Where does “tachylalia” come from?

tachylalia (English) comes from English -lalia, from Ancient Greek λαλιά, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́λος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

tachylalia (English): Extremely rapid speech

Definitions

  1. Extremely rapid speech

Ancestry of “tachylalia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-laliaForming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered...
2Ancient Greekλαλιάtalking, talk, chat; a form of speech, dialect
3Ancient Greekλᾰ́λοςtalkative
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “tachylalia”

  • tachylalic
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