Etymology

earpod

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Today it means: Synonym of earbud Full definition →

English pod ← Middle English *pod? ← Old English pād?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  3. Proto-Germanic*ausô
  4. Proto-West Germanic*auʀā
  5. Old Englishēare
  6. Middle Englishere
  7. Englishear
  8. Proto-Germanic*paidō
  9. Old Englishpād?
  10. Middle English*pod?
  11. Englishpod
  12. English todayearpod

From ear + pod.

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