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dia- definition

dia- (ə)

  1. through, throughout, across diachronic, diagram
  2. apart, between dialect, diacritical

Etymology: ME < OFr < L < Gr dia, through, across < *disa, in two, apart < IE *dis- < base *dwo, two

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