Etymograph

English

screenphone

From screen + phone.

A compound of screen + phone

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

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Old Dutch skirm

Middle Dutch scherm

Anglo-Norman escren ‘firescreen’

Middle English scren

English screen

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

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’

French téléphone

English telephone

English phone

Today it means

noun An advanced telephone that also offers Internet facilities on a screen.

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

Etymograph / screenphone