debuccalization

noun
/diːˌbʌ.kə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English buccal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English debuccalization From de- (“from, off”) + buccal (“pertaining to the mouth”) + -ization. Literally meaning “removal from the mouth”.

  1. derived from -ationbor
  2. derived from -iserbor
  3. derived from -izōder
  4. derived from -ālisbor
  5. derived from -albor
  6. derived from de- Celticbor

Definitions

  1. A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes…

    A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes glottal [h] or [ʔ].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for debuccalization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA