Etymology

nonacoustic

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Today it means: Not acoustic. Full definition →

English acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  18. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  19. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  20. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  21. Medieval Latinacousticus
  22. Englishacoustic
  23. English todaynonacoustic

From non- + acoustic.

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