Etymology

monochord

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Today it means: A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which can be moved, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them. Full definition →

Latin monochordon ← Ancient Greek μονόχορδον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμονόχορδον
  2. Latin · learned borrowing frommonochordon
  3. English todaymonochord

Learned borrowing from Latin monochordon, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μονόχορδον (monókhordon). By surface analysis, mono- + chord.

Words from the same roots

Latinmonochordon all →

manichord

Ancient Greekμονόχορδον all →

manichord

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.