English
electroacoustic
From electro- + acoustic.
A compound of electro- + 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
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to electroacoustics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / electroacoustic