Where does “ambissilabicidade” come from?
ambissilabicidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ambissilábico, from Portuguese silábico, from Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν.
ambissilabicidade (Portuguese): ambisyllabicity
Ancestry of “ambissilabicidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | ambissilábico | ambisyllabic |
| 2 | Portuguese | silábico | syllabic |
| 3 | Latin | syllabicus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβικός | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |