Ancient Greek

φωνή

‘sound’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek φωνή.

23 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek φωνή, most familiar first.

• phone ← telephone ← téléphone
• symphony ← symphonye ← simphonie ← symphōnia ← σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ
• saxophone
• gramophone
• cacophony ← cacophonie ← κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ ← κᾰκόφωνος
• phoneme ← φώνημα ← φωνέω
• phonon
• euphonium ← εὔφωνος
• sinfonia ← symphōnia ← σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ
• symphonia ← σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ ← σῠ́μφωνος
• phonation
• sinfonietta ← sinfonia ← symphōnia ← συμφωνία ← σῠ́μφωνος

More words from φωνή

• euphonious
• euphony
• dysphonia
• allophonic
• apophony
• cacophonic
• diaphonical
• ecphonema
• phonal
• symphoniette
• zampogna

Etymograph / Ancient Greek φωνή