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Where does “diphtongue” come from?

diphtongue (French) comes from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος.

diphtongue (French): diphthong; digraph, trigraph; first-person...

Definitions

  1. diphthong; digraph, trigraph; first-person...

Ancestry of “diphtongue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindiphthongusdiphthong
2Ancient Greekδῐ́φθογγος—

Words derived from “diphtongue”

  • diphthong
  • diphthongization
  • diphthongal
  • diphthongisation
  • diphthongize
  • diphthongation
  • nondiphthongal
  • diphthongoid
  • diphthongally
  • diphthongic
  • diphtongaison
  • diftongo
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