English
aeroacoustics
From aero- + acoustics.
A compound of aero- + acoustic + acoustics
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws ‘ear’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti ‘to be sharp-eared, to hear well’
Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō ‘to hear’
Ancient Greek ἀκούω ‘to hear’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ‘of or for hearing’
Medieval Latin acousticus
English acoustic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws ‘ear’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti ‘to be sharp-eared, to hear well’
Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō ‘to hear’
Ancient Greek ἀκούω ‘to hear’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ‘of or for hearing’
Medieval Latin acousticus
English acoustic
English acoustics
Today it means
noun A branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aeroacoustics