Etymology

archaeoacoustics

Today it means: The study of the role of sound in historical artifacts and sites. Full definition →

English acoustics ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)
  6. Englisharchaeo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  12. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  14. Medieval Latinacousticus
  15. Englishacoustic
  16. Englishacoustics
  17. English todayarchaeoacoustics

From archaeo- + acoustics.

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