Etymology

intraphone

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Today it means: Synonym of intercom. Full definition →

English phone ← French téléphone ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Frenchtélé-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  9. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  10. Frenchtéléphone
  11. Englishtelephoneclip.
  12. Englishphone
  13. English todayintraphone

From intra- + phone.

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