English
electroacoustics
From electro- + acoustics.
A compound of electro- + 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 The science of the interaction and interconversion of electric and acoustic phenomena.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / electroacoustics