Where does “audiospectrograph” come from?
audiospectrograph (English) comes from English spectrograph, from English spectro-, from English Spectrum, from Latin spectrum, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.
audiospectrograph (English): A machine for producing spectrograms based on the frequency and amplitude of recorded sound
Definitions
- A machine for producing spectrograms based on the frequency and amplitude of recorded sound
Ancestry of “audiospectrograph”, step by step
audiospectrograph traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spectrograph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spectrograph | A machine for recording spectra, producing... |
| 2 | English | spectro- | optical spectra |
| 3 | English | Spectrum | A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes |
| 4 | Latin | spectrum | appearance, image; apparition, specter |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |