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Where does “audiophone” come from?

audiophone (French) comes from French audio-, from Latin audīre, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew-is-d-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

audiophone (French): A type of small hearing aid

Definitions

  1. A type of small hearing aid

Ancestry of “audiophone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaudio-audio-
2Latinaudīre—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-is-d-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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