Etymology

diphone

D2I1P3H4O1N1E1

Today it means: A pair of adjacent phones. Full definition →

English phone ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  9. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  10. Englishphone
  11. English todaydiphone

From di- + phone.

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