suprasegmental

adjective

pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound

Roots

suprasupra- · Latin · above, over segmentumsegment- · Latin · a piece cut off alis-al · Latin · pertaining to

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The word suprasegmental breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: supra-, from Latin supra (“above, over”); segment, from Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off”); and -al, from Latin alis (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.