Etymology

phonetician

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Today it means: A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech. Full definition →

English phonetics ← Latin phōnēticus ← Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós)
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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. Englishphonetics
  9. English todayphonetician

From phonetics + -ician.

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