Etymology

echoacoustic

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Today it means: Relating to, or employing, acoustic echos Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  14. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  15. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  16. Medieval Latinacousticus
  17. Englishacoustic
  18. English todayechoacoustic

From echo + acoustic.

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