Where does “monophonic” come from?

monophonic (English) comes from English phonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

monophonic (English): having a single channel; monaural; having a...

Definitions

  1. having a single channel; monaural; having a...

Ancestry of “monophonic”, step by step

monophonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phonic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphonicOf or pertaining to sound; of the nature of...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-

Words derived from “monophonic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en