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Where does “φωνέω” come from?

φωνέω (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek φωνή, from Proto-Hellenic pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

φωνέω (Ancient Greek): I produce a sound or tone; I speak loud or...

Definitions

  1. I produce a sound or tone; I speak loud or...

Ancestry of “φωνέω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφωνήsound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,...
2Proto-Hellenicpʰōnā́—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₂-néh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “φωνέω”

  • phoneme
  • phonemic
  • emic
  • grapheme
  • graphemic
  • phonemically
  • morphophonemic
  • kineme
  • phonemics
  • morphophonemics
  • ideologeme
  • emically
  • mytheme
  • archiphoneme
  • phraseme
  • subphonemic
  • motifeme
  • graphemically
  • phonemicization
  • toneme
  • morphophoneme
  • nonphonemic
  • moneme
  • tonemic
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