Etymology

gramophonist

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Today it means: Someone who listens to a gramophone Full definition →

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

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

From gramophone + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.