phonoabsorption

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noun

the absorption of sound

OriginEnglish absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō →
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Meanings

nounphonoabsorption (uncountable)

alternative phono-absorption

  1. uncountablethe absorption of sound
  2. uncountablesoundproofing

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  3. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  4. Englishphono-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  7. Proto-Italic*ap
  8. Latinab
  9. Latinab-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  12. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  13. Latinsorbeō
  14. Latinabsorbeō
  15. Latinabsorptiō
  16. Englishabsorption
  17. Englishphonoabsorption

From phono- + absorption.

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