Etymology

voiceprint

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Today it means: A digitally recorded sample of a person's voice to be used as a means of identification. Full definition →

English print ← Middle English voys ← Anglo-Norman voiz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  3. Proto-Italic*wōks
  4. Latinvōcem
  5. Anglo-Normanvoiz
  6. Middle Englishvoys
  7. Englishvoice
  8. Englishprint
  9. English todayvoiceprint

From voice + print, analogous to fingerprint.

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