English
-i-
A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel).
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Origin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin -i-.
Etymology 2
The initial vowel of primate.
Etymology 3
A word-internal spelling variant of a word-final y.
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Lineage
- borrowedLatin-i-
- derivedProto-Indo-European*-dʰlom
- derivedProto-Indo-European*peh₂-dʰlom
- derivedProto-Indo-European*-dʰlom
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: -i-