Etymology

loudspeaker

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Today it means: An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound. Full definition →

English speaker ← Middle English spekere, speker ← Old English specan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlutós
  4. Proto-Germanic*hlūdaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*hlūd
  6. Old Englishhlūd
  7. Middle Englishloude, loud, lud
  8. Englishloud
  9. Proto-Indo-European*spregʰ-?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*spreg-?
  11. Proto-Germanic*sprekaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*sprekan
  13. Old Englishsprecan
  14. Old Englishspecan
  15. Middle Englishspeken
  16. Middle Englishspekere, speker
  17. Englishspeaker
  18. English todayloudspeaker

From loud + speaker.

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