Etymology

phonetically

P3H4O1N1E1T1I1C3A1L1L1Y4

Today it means: In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English phonetic
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekφωνέω (phōnéō)
  5. Ancient Greekφωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós)
  6. Latinphōnēticus
  7. Englishphonetic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todayphonetically

From phonetic + -ally.

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