Etymograph

English

labialism

From labial + -ism.

Formed from labial + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang down loosely’

Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yóm

Proto-Italic *labjom

Latin labium ‘a lip’

Medieval Latin labiālis ‘of or pertaining to the lips’

English labial

Today it means

noun A form of stammering characterized by confusion in the use of the labial consonants.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / labialism