φωνή
phōnḗ
“voice, sound”
23 words in English grow from this root.
Anthem
Artἀντίantí
“sounding in answer”
Antiphon
Faithἀντίantí
“sounding in reply”
Cacophony
Artκακόςkakós
“bad sound”
Euphonium
Artεὖeû
“the sweet-voiced one”
Euphony
Artεὖeû
“good sound”
Gramophone
Scienceγράμμαgrámma
“written sound”
Homophone
Wordsὁμόςhomós
“same sound”
Hydrophone
Scienceὕδωρhýdōr
“water sound”
Megaphone
Scienceμέγαςmégas
“big voice”
Microphone
Scienceμικρόςmikrós
“small sound”
Misophonia
Mindμῖσοςmîsos
“hatred of sound”
Phonetics
Wordsφωνήphōnḗ
“having to do with the voice”
Phonics
Wordsφωνήphōnḗ
“matters of sound”
Phonograph
Scienceφωνήphōnḗ
“sound-writer”
Phonology
Wordsφωνήphōnḗ
“study of sound”
Polyphony
Artπολύςpolýs
“many voices”
Saxophone
Artφωνήphōnḗ
“Sax's sound”
Sinfonia
Artσύνsýn
“sounding together”
Symphony
Artσύνsýn
“sounding together”
Telephone
Scienceτῆλεtēle
“far voice”
Vibraphone
Artφωνήphōnḗ
“shaking voice”
Xenophon
Politicsξένοςxénos
“stranger voice”
Xylophone
Artξύλονxýlon
“wood voice”