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Where does “Mundharmonika” come from?

Mundharmonika (German) comes from German Harmonika, from English harmonica, from Italian armonica, from English armonica, from Italian armonia, from French harmonium, from French harmonie, from Latin harmonia — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Mundharmonika (German): harmonica

Definitions

  1. harmonica

Ancestry of “Mundharmonika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHarmonika—
2Englishharmonicaa musical wind instrument with a series of holes...
3Italianarmonicaarmonica, glass harmonica; harmonica, mouth...
4EnglisharmonicaA musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls...
5Italianarmoniaharmony
6Frenchharmonium—
7Frenchharmonieharmony
8Latinharmoniaharmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,...
9Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
10Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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