gramophone

gramophone · noun¹

1. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
4. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
5. EnglishGramophone
6. English todaygramophone

From the trademark Gramophone, coined by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887 after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Gramophone · noun²

1. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
4. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
5. English todayGramophone

Originally the name of a brand of phonograph; coined from Ancient Greek roots by Emile Berliner after the invention of the first phonograph. See gramophone.

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