Where does “fonologo” come from?
fonologo (Italian) comes from Italian fono, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
fonologo (Italian): phonologist
Definitions
- phonologist
Ancestry of “fonologo”, step by step
fonologo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian fono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fono | phone |
| 2 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 3 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 4 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Italian logo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | logo | logo; logotype |
| 2 | English | logo | A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a... |
| 3 | English | logogram | A character or symbol that represents a word or... |
| 4 | English | Gram | Clipping of Instagram |
| 5 | French | gramme | gram |
| 6 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |