Etymology

thermoacoustimetry

Today it means: The study of the effects of rising temperature on the acoustic properties of materials Full definition →

English acousto- ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  7. Medieval Latinacousticus
  8. Englishacoustic
  9. Englishacousto-
  10. English todaythermoacoustimetry

From thermo- + acousto- + -metry.

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