Where does “ecografia” come from?

ecografia (Italian) comes from Italian eco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

ecografia (Italian): ultrasound, ultrasonography, sonography;...

Definitions

  1. ultrasound, ultrasonography, sonography;...

Ancestry of “ecografia”, step by step

ecografia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian eco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianecoecho; echoing sound; sounding
2Latinechoecho
3Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
4Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
5Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

via Italian grafia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangrafiaspelling; handwriting
2Ancient Greekγρᾰφήdrawing
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →