palatalized

[pal-uh-tl-ahyzd]

adjective

1. Phonetics.,  pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palatalized¹

First recorded in 1865–70; palatalize + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The ultimate origin of the word is obscure; the early forms appear with a palatalized initial letter, still surviving in such dialectical forms as “yate,” or in Scots “yett.”

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In other dialects, however, it had been palatalized to a sibilant before i-sounds some time before the Christian era; e.g. in the Umbrian fa�ia = Latin facial.

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This Lindelöf explains as due to the different quality of the h—in W.  S. it was guttural, hence caused breaking; in Nhb. it was palatal and hence the preceding a was palatalized to æ.

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Just to what extent g, c, sc were palatalized in O. Nhb. is not definitely known.

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