Etymology

anechoic

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Today it means: Lacking echoes; particularly, designed to absorb sound. Full definition →

Middle English ecco ← Medieval Latin ecco ← Latin echo
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἠχώ
  2. Latin · derived fromecho
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromecco
  4. Middle English · derived fromecco
  5. English todayanechoic

From an- + echoic, from echo + -ic, from Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinecco all →

echo

Latinecho all →

echo

Ancient Greekἠχώ all →

echoecho-echolalia

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