Etymology

mechanoacoustic

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Today it means: mechanical and acoustic Full definition →

English acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  3. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  4. Latinmēchanicus
  5. Old Frenchmecanique
  6. Middle Englishmekanyk
  7. Englishmechan(ic)
  8. Englishmechano-
  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. English todaymechanoacoustic

From mechano- + acoustic.

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