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Nearby words
diacetic acid, diacetone alcohol, diacetyl, diacetylmorphine, diachronic, diachronic linguistics, diachronism, diachrony, diachylon, diacid, diacidic
Origin of diachronic linguistics
First recorded in 1925–30
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