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phon/o — Voice or sound
phon/o means voice or sound. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: phonetics.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Voice or sound
- Ancient Greek: φωνή (phone)
Examples and word parts
phonetics
The study of how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, and heard.
Word parts: phonetics is related to Greek phōnē (voice or sound).
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Related language & writing terms
- lex- — Word
lexicon
- verb- — Word
verbal
- lingu- — Tongue or language
bilingual
- gloss/o — Tongue or language
glossary
- graph/o — Writing or drawing
biography
- grammat- — Letter or written mark
grammar
- scrib-, script- — Writing
manuscript
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.