Etymology

-phonia

Today it means: Forms nouns describing a condition related to production of voice or reaction to sound. Full definition →

Classical Latin -phōnia ← Ancient Greek -φωνία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-φωνία
  2. Classical Latin · learned borrowing from-phōnia
  3. English today-phonia

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -ia. Doublet of -phony.

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