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Where does “sillebe” come from?

sillebe (Old French) comes from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

Ancestry of “sillebe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsyllabasyllable; poems, verses
2Ancient Greekσυλλαβήconception, pregnancy; that which holds together,...
3Ancient GreekσυλλαμβάνωI collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,...
4Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Proto-Hellenic*ksún—

Words derived from “sillebe”

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  • ambisyllabic
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  • intersyllable
  • quinquesyllable
  • ambisyllabically
  • septisyllable
  • semisyllable
  • foresyllable
  • duosyllable
  • syllable
  • sillable
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