Where does “stereophonic” come from?
stereophonic (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.
stereophonic (English): of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two...
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- of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two...
Ancestry of “stereophonic”, step by step
stereophonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phonic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phonic | Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English stereo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 2 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 3 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 4 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |