syllabification
noun/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/UK
Etymology
First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).
- derived from syllabificō
Definitions
The division of a word into syllables.
- Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for syllabification. 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