Where does “diftongo” come from?
diftongo (Ido) comes from Esperanto diftongo, from English diphthong, from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος — with two sounds.
diftongo (Ido): diphthong
Definitions
- diphthong
Ancestry of “diftongo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | diftongo | diphthong |
| 2 | English | diphthong | A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound... |
| 3 | French | diphtongue | diphthong; digraph, trigraph; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | diphthongus | diphthong |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῐ́φθογγος | with two sounds |