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phonemic (adj.)[phonemic 词源字典]: 1933, from phoneme + -ic. Related: Phonemics (1936); phonemically.[phonemic etymology, phonemic origin, 英语词源]
phonetic (adj.): "representing vocal sounds," 1803, from Modern Latin phoneticus (1797), from Greek phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adjective of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
phonetics (n.): "scientific study of speech," 1841, from phonetic; also see -ics.
phonic (adj.): "pertaining to sound," 1793, from Greek phone "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)) + -ic.
phonics (n.): 1680s, "science of sound," from Greek phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)) + -ics. As a method of teaching reading it is first attested 1908, though the system dates from 1844.
phono-: word-forming element meaning "sound, voice," from Greek phono-, comb. form of phone "voice, sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
phonogram (n.): 1845, "a written symbol," from phono- + -gram. From 1879 as "a sound recording."
phonograph (n.): 1835, "character representing a sound," literally "writer of sounds," from phono- "sound" + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Meaning "an instrument that produces sounds from records" (talking phonograph, invented by Thomas A. Edison) it is attested from 1877. The recording made from it at first was called a phonogram (1879).
phonographic (adj.): 1840, originally in reference to shorthand; see phono- + graphic. Modern sense from 1878.
phonolite (n.): a kind of volcanic rock that rings when struck, c. 1830, literally "sounding stone," from phono- + -lite. Based on German klingstein.
phonological (adj.): 1818, from phonology + -ical. Related: Phonologically.
phonology (n.): 1799, from phono- + -logy.
phonophobia (n.): 1877, from phono- + -phobia.
phony (adj.): also phoney, "not genuine," 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers."
His most successful swindle was selling "painted" or "phony" diamonds. He had a plan of taking cheap stones, and by "doctoring" them make them have a brilliant and high class appearance. His confederates would then take the diamonds to other pawnbrokers and dispose of them. ["The Jewelers Review," New York, April 5, 1899]
The noun meaning "phony person or thing" is attested from 1902.
phooey: expression of contempt, 1929, from Yiddish, from German pfui (attested in English from 1866); popularized by Walter Winchell. Phoo "vocalic gesture expressing contemptuous rejection" is recorded from 1640s.
phoresis (n.): see phoresy.
phoresy (n.): 1914, from French phorésie (1896), from Greek phoresis "being carried," from pherein "to carry" (see infer).
phosphate (n.): a salt of phosphoric acid, 1795, from French phosphate (1787), from phosphore (see phosphorus) + -ate (3).
phosphor (n.): "morning star," 1630s, from Latin phosphorus "the morning star" (see phosphorus). Meaning "anything phosphorescent" is from 1705.
phosphorescence (n.): 1796, from verb phosphoresce (1794; see phosphorescent) + -ence.