or·tho·e·py 
(ôr-thōə-pē, ôrthō-ĕp′ē)
(ôr-thōə-pē, ôrthō-ĕp′ē)n.
1.
a. The study of the pronunciation of words.
b. The study of the relationship between the pronunciation of words and their orthography.
2. The customary pronunciation of words.
[Greek orthoepeia, correctness of diction : ortho-, ortho- + epos, epe-, word; see wekw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
or′tho·epic (-ĕpĭk), or′tho·epi·cal (-ĕpĭ-kəl) adj.
- Indo-European root: bhleu-
- Indo-European root: bhlē-
- Indo-European root: bhoso-
- Indo-European root: bhreg-
- Indo-European root: bhreu-
- Indo-European root: bhrāter-
- Indo-European root: bhrū-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhāghu-
- Indo-European root: bhāgo-
- Indo-European root: dail-
- Indo-European root: daiwer-
- Indo-European root: dakru-
- Indo-European root: de-
- Indo-European root: deik-
- Indo-European root: dek-
- Indo-European root: dekm̥
- Indo-European root: deks-
- Indo-European root: del-
- Indo-European root: del-
- Indo-European root: dem-
- Indo-European root: demə-
- Indo-European root: dent-
- Indo-European root: der-