Etymology

-phony

Today it means: sound or its production Full definition →

French -phonie ← Old French -phonie ← Classical Latin -phōnia
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-φωνία
  2. Classical Latin · borrowed from-phōnia
  3. Old French · derived from-phonie
  4. French · borrowed from-phonie
  5. English today-phony

From French -phonie, from Old French -phonie, and its etymon Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -y. Doublet of -phonia.

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