immediate
You said Norman French. It's Latin.
How that family writes these sounds
| a consonant that sounds doubled just after a prefix | double it. The prefix assimilated to the root: ad+cept, ad+prove, in+mediate, com+lectaccept, approve, immediate, collect, suffer |
What gives it away on the page
| a doubled consonant after a short prefix | The prefix assimilated to the root: ad+cept, ad+prove, in+mediate, com+lect.accept, approve, immediate, collect, suffer |
Placing it without the spelling
| three or more syllables, stress in the middle, audibly assembled from parts | Latinimmediate, obstruct, various |
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