Diacritic Definition
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Origin of Diacritic
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Greek diakritikos distinguishing from diakritos distinguished from diakrīnein to distinguish dia- apart dia– krīnein to separate krei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Greek diakritikos distinguishing from diakritos distinguished from diakrīnein to distinguish dia- apart dia– krīnein to separate krei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikos, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrinein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (dia, “between”) + κρίνω (krinō, “I separate, distinguish”).
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