Etymograph

English

soniscope

Morphologically sonic + -scope

Formed from sonic + -scope

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound’

Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os

Proto-Italic *swonos

Latin sonus ‘sound, noise’

English sonic

Today it means

noun A sensor that uses high-frequency sound.

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

Etymograph / soniscope