noun, masculine/ʝeˈismo/
the merging of the sounds represented by the letter elle ("ll") and the letter ye ("y")
Antonyms: lleísmo, zheísmo, sheísmo
Etymology tree Spanish ye 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 yeísmo From ye + -ismo.