Etymology

bioacoustically

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Today it means: In a bioacoustic way; by means of, or in terms of, bioacoustics. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English bioacoustic
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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. Englishbioacoustic
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  18. Proto-Germanic*līką
  19. English todaybioacoustically

From bioacoustic + -ally.

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