English
dysphonia
Dysphonia comes from Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound, voice’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰoh₂-néh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰōnā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφωνήphōnḗ‘sound, voice’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009dysphonia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰoh₂-néh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰōnā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφωνήphōnḗ‘sound, voice’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009dysphonia
Earliest quotation: 2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy: “In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
focus, professor, famous, fuel, ben, favor, favourite, ban, fantasy, phase, fate, fancy, fame, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, emphasis, photographer, infant, profession, abandon, phenomenon, confession, beck, confess, phantom, beacon, eff, fab, fay, bane, boon, fable, foyer, prophetic, buoy, epiphany, nefarious, profess, 120 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
saxophone, gramophone, phoneme, 13 more
through Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound, voice’
phone, symphony, cacophony, sinfonia, phonon, euphonium, 16 more
Today it means
noun A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / dysphonia