noun, masculine/ʝeˈismo/
the practice of distinguishing the Spanish sounds represented by the letter ye ("y") and the letter elle ("ll")
Antonyms: yeísmo, zheísmo, sheísmo
Etymology tree Spanish elle Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. Spanish -ismo Spanish lleísmo From elle + -ismo.