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Where does “हारमोनियम” come from?

हारमोनियम (Hindi) comes from English harmonium, from French harmonium, from French harmonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

हारमोनियम (Hindi): harmonium, pump organ

Definitions

  1. harmonium, pump organ

Ancestry of “हारमोनियम”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishharmoniumA small keyboard instrument that consists of a...
2Frenchharmonium—
3Frenchharmonieharmony
4Latinharmoniaharmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,...
5Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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