Words in different languages that have descended from the same word in a parent language.
A series of changes in the pronunciation of the long vowels in English.
Change in which a word’s meaning becomes more general over time.
When two separate phonemes become only one.
A double consonant becomes a single consonant over time.
Reanalysis of a word based on a mistaken idea of its history.
Inserting a sound into a word.
Change of a lexical form into a grammatical form over time.
The hypothetical parent language from which one or more languages have developed over time.
Change in which the meaning of a word becomes more negative.