Etymology

phonostatistics

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Today it means: the application of statistical methods to phonology and phonetics Full definition →

English statistics ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Englishphono-
  5. Englishstatistics
  6. English todayphonostatistics

From phono- + statistics.

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