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monosyllabic

The origin and history of monosyllabic.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis it can be seen as monosyllable plus -ic, or as mono- plus syllabic.

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