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rhoticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhoti-cism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of rhotacism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English rhotacismbf. English rhotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English rhoticism From rhotic + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rhoticisms (plural)

Questions

What does rhoticism mean?
Alternative form of rhotacism.
Where does rhoticism come from?
Etymology tree English rhotacismbf. English rhotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English rhoticism From rhotic + -ism.

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