hydroacoustics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor.

English hydro-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti

Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō

Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor.

Medieval Latin acousticusbor.

English acoustic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English acoustics

English hydroacoustics

From hydro- + acoustics.

Noun

hydroacoustics (uncountable)

1. Any of various sciences and technologies dealing with sound transmitted through water.