Etymology

ecoacoustics

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Today it means: The science of the relationship between sound and the environment Full definition →

English acoustics ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  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. Englishacoustics
  19. English todayecoacoustics

From eco- + acoustics.

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