Etymology

symphonic

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Today it means: Characteristic of a symphony. Full definition →

English symphony ← Middle English symphonye ← Old French simphonie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  9. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekσῠ́μφωνος (sŭ́mphōnos)
  11. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  12. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  13. Ancient Greekσῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)
  14. Latinsymphōnia
  15. Old Frenchsimphonie
  16. Middle Englishsymphonye
  17. Englishsymphony
  18. English todaysymphonic

From symphony + -ic.

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