echoacoustic

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adjective

Relating to, or employing, acoustic echos

OriginEnglish acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveechoacoustic (not comparable)

alternative echo-acoustic

  1. not comparableRelating to, or employing, acoustic echos

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  14. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  15. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  16. Medieval Latinacousticus
  17. Englishacoustic
  18. Englishechoacoustic

From echo + acoustic.

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APA

echoacoustic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoacoustic

MLA

“echoacoustic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoacoustic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echoacoustic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoacoustic.

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