Etymology

bioacoustic

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Today it means: Pertaining to bioacoustics. Full definition →

English acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  10. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  12. Medieval Latinacousticus
  13. Englishacoustic
  14. English todaybioacoustic

From bio- + acoustic.

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