English Explanatory Dictionary

prerhotic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Occurring before the letter ⟨r⟩ or before any one of the sounds that letter tends to represent (e.g., [r], [ɽ], [ɹ], [ɻ], [ʀ], [ʁ], etc.).

Word forms

prerhotic pre-rhotic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English rhotacismbf. English rhotic English prerhotic From pre- + rhotic.

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