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alternacja.

alternation (reciprocal succession of two things in time or place)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/al.tɛrˈna.t͡sja/
  1. alternation (reciprocal succession of two things in time or place)

    feminine · literary
    zasada alternacji
  2. alternation (phenomenon of a morpheme exhibiting variation in its phonological realization)

    feminine
    reguła alternacji
  3. difference in opinion

    Middle · Polish · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin alternus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin alternō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin alternātiōlbor. Polish alternacja Learned borrowing from Latin alternātiō. First attested in 1646–1648.

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