The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφωνή“sound”
- French · derived fromapophonie
- English todayapophony
From French apophonie, from French apo- + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), after Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφωνή all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.