Etymology

onomatopoeic

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Today it means: Of or relating to onomatopoeia. Full definition →

English onomatopoeia ← Latin onomatopoeïa ← Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
  3. Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷey-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*kʷoiwéyō
  6. Ancient Greekποιέω (poiéō)
  7. Ancient Greekὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós)
  8. Ancient Greekὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)
  9. Latinonomatopoeïa
  10. Englishonomatopoeia
  11. English todayonomatopoeic

From onomatopoeia + -ic.

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