epenthesis
noun/ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/
Etymology
Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).
- derived from ἐπένθεσις
Definitions
The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the…
The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for epenthesis. 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