Where does “orthophonic” come from?

orthophonic (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.

orthophonic (English): Relating to orthophony

Definitions

  1. Relating to orthophony

Ancestry of “orthophonic”, step by step

orthophonic 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 ortho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthoAn isomer of a benzene derivative having two...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én