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Where does “rotacismo” come from?

rotacismo (Italian) comes from New Latin rhotacismus, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακισμός, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακίζω, from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓‬.

rotacismo (Italian): rhotacism

Definitions

  1. rhotacism

Ancestry of “rotacismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinrhotacismusexcessive or peculiar use of {{IPAchar|}},...
2Ancient Greekῥωτακισμός—
3Ancient Greekῥωτακίζωto incorrectly use rho
4Ancient Greekῥῶrho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of...
5Phoenician𐤓‬—
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