An alternate form of anaptyctic; relating to the insertion of a vowel or sound in the middle of a word for ease of pronunciation.
From anaptyctic + -al suffix; 19th-century linguistic terminology combining Greek roots with Romance-language suffix conventions.
Linguists noticed that 'anaptyctical' variations appear everywhere in how languages evolved—it's why 'hamburger' sounds better to English speakers than 'hmbrgr,' showing how universal these speech preferences are.
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