Etymology of the English word diaphone
the English word
diaphonederived from the English word
dialectderived from the Latin word
dialectus (dialect; form of speech)
derived from the Greek word
dialektos, διάλεκτος (a (mode of) discourse; 'dialect')
derived from the Dialectal Italian word
gomaiderived from the Greek word
dialegesthaiderived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the English prefix
dia-derived from the Greek word
dia, διά (through, between)
derived from the English word
phonederived from the English word
telephoneusing the English prefix
tele-derived from the Greek word
tele, τέλε, τῆλε (far "distant)
using the English suffix
-phoneDate
The earliest known usage of diaphone in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
