Etymology

bioacoustical

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Today it means: Relating to bioacoustics Full definition →

English acoustical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin acousticus
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishacoustical
  17. English todaybioacoustical

From bio- + acoustical.

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