Etymology

phonomechanocardiography

Today it means: phonocardiography and mechanocardiography combined. Full definition →

English mechanocardiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Englishphono-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  7. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  8. Latinmēchanicus
  9. Old Frenchmecanique
  10. Middle Englishmekanyk
  11. Englishmechan(ic)
  12. Englishmechano-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  17. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  18. Englishcardio-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  20. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  21. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  22. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  23. Englishcardiography
  24. Englishmechanocardiography
  25. English todayphonomechanocardiography

From phono- + mechanocardiography.

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