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Origin:
1880–85; by shortening
1880–85; by shortening
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Phone
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Example Sentences
- What a many-splendored experience it once was to talk on the phone.
- Our own research work was temporarily impacted because of many phone calls, but in the long run the effect was minimal.
- My phone is about as integrated into my life as my left temporal lobe.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
-phone
a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone).
Origin:
see phone2
see phone2
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Word Origin & History
phone
1884, shortening of telephone. The verb is attested from 1889, from the noun. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927.
EXPAND-phone
comb. form meaning "voice," from Gk. phone "voice, sound," from PIE base *bha- "to speak, say, tell" (cf. L. for, fari "to speak," fama "talk, report;" see fame).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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