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The opposite of H-dropping, called H-insertion or H-adding, sometimes occurs as a hypercorrection in English accents that typically drop H. It is commonly noted in literature from late Victorian times to the early 20th century that some lower-class people consistently drop h in words that should have it, while adding h to
Hippocampus drawn from a fresco in Pompeii. Hábrók – listed as the "best" hawk; Hadhayosh – gigantic land animal; Hades – Ruler of the Underworld; Haetae – dog-lion hybrid
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-have: Latin: habere "to have", habitus "habit", habitare "to live (reside)"
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from H to O. See also the lists from A to G and from P to Z . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .
Most words that begin with an H muet come from Latin (honneur, homme) or from Greek through Latin (hécatombe), whereas most words beginning with an H aspiré come from Germanic (harpe, hareng) or non-Indo-European languages (harem, hamac, haricot); in some cases, an orthographic h was added to disambiguate the [v] and semivowel [ɥ ...
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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter H. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars