Where does “diftongo” come from?

diftongo (Esperanto) comes from English diphthong, from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος — with two sounds.

diftongo (Esperanto): diphthong

Definitions

  1. diphthong

Ancestry of “diftongo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiphthongA complex vowel sound that begins with the sound...
2Frenchdiphtonguediphthong; digraph, trigraph; first-person...
3Latindiphthongusdiphthong
4Ancient Greekδῐ́φθογγοςwith two sounds

Words derived from “diftongo”

Every word from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος →Every word from Latin diphthongus →Every word from French diphtongue →