The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφωνή“sound”
- English today-phonic
Partly from -phone + -ic, and partly from -phony + -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Attested from the 19th century.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφωνή all →
telephonesaxophonefrancophonephononphonationapophonydentiphone-phonephono-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.