Where does “diftong” come from?

diftong (Turkish) comes from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος — with two sounds.

diftong (Turkish): diphthong

Definitions

  1. diphthong

Ancestry of “diftong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiphtonguediphthong; digraph, trigraph; first-person...
2Latindiphthongusdiphthong
3Ancient Greekδῐ́φθογγοςwith two sounds
Every word from Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος →Every word from Latin diphthongus →Every word from French diphtongue →