The word 'diaeresis' originally came from Greek as 'diairesis'

'Diaeresis' is a word borrowed from Greek 'diairesis'. The word entered the English language some time around 1611.

diaeresis [noun] [circa 1611]

• a mark ¨ placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable (as in naïve or )
• the break in a verse caused by the coincidence of the end of a foot with the end of a word

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Etymology: Late Latin 'diaeresis' from Greek 'diairesis' literally, division, from 'diairein' to divide, from 'dia-' + 'hairein' to take

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