Etymograph

English

heterophone

From hetero- + -phone.

Formed from hetero + phone

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’

French téléphone

English telephone

English phone

Today it means

noun A word with multiple pronunciations.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heterophone