Phoenician (from whence we get “phonetics”)
Dictionaries don’t back you up on that etymology. Both words come from Greek, but one word meant “purple” and the other meant “sound”.
Both words come from Greek, but one word meant “purple” and the other meant “sound”.
Wiktionary claims “Phonecian” was from a greek transliteration of Egyptian, and does not mention “purple”.
But yes, “phonetics” clearly came from the word for “sound”.
Dictionaries don’t back you up on that etymology. Both words come from Greek, but one word meant “purple” and the other meant “sound”.
Wiktionary claims “Phonecian” was from a greek transliteration of Egyptian, and does not mention “purple”.
But yes, “phonetics” clearly came from the word for “sound”.