noun, feminine/xeminaˈθjon/plural: geminaciones
gemination
Etymology tree Latin geminus 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 geminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin geminātiōnembor. Spanish geminación Borrowed from Latin geminātiōnem (“a doubling”).