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      diphthongize
      verb
      change from a simple vowel to a diphthong
      Roots
      disdi- · Greek · twophthongosphthong- · Greek · sound, voiceizein-ize · Greek · to make, cause to become
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      The word diphthongize breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: di-, from Greek dis (“two”); phthong, from Greek phthongos (“sound, voice”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make, cause to become”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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