Where does “rótico” come from?
rótico (Portuguese) comes from English rhotic, from English rhotacism, from New Latin rhotacismus, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακισμός, from Ancient Greek ῥωτακίζω, from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓.
rótico (Portuguese): rhotic
Definitions
- rhotic
Ancestry of “rótico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhotic | That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not... |
| 2 | English | rhotacism | An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R;... |
| 3 | New Latin | rhotacismus | excessive or peculiar use of {{IPAchar|}},... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακισμός | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥωτακίζω | to incorrectly use rho |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥῶ | rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤓 | — |