Etymology

photoacoustically

Today it means: In a photoacoustic way. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English photoacoustic
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  13. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  15. Medieval Latinacousticus
  16. Englishacoustic
  17. Englishphotoacoustic
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  21. Proto-Germanic*līką
  22. English todayphotoacoustically

From photoacoustic + -ally.

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