From the words τῆλε, (tēle), "far" and φωνή, (phōnē), "voice" or "yell".
The Greek roots of "telephone" are tele- "at a distance" and phoneo "speak."
The word "telephone" comes from two Greek words, "tele" meaning distant and "phone" meaning sound or voice. When combined, it refers to a device that transmits sound over a distance, which is the basic function of a telephone.
Telephone, microphone, phonics
The word Exodus is Latin and comes almost directly from Greek. The Greek word is exodos and comes from two other Greek words: ex 'out of' and hodos'way'
"Tele" is from the Greek word for "distant"; the prefix means "from a distance." "Phone" comes from the Greek for "sound." Therefore, "telephone" is "sound from a distance." Logical, no?
the Greek word for telephone is tele and phone. tele means far away and phone means voice, sound
microscope comes from two greek words what are they
The word "neurotoxin" comes from the Latin words neuron(nerve) and toxicum (poison). The Latin words come from the Greek words neuro (cord) and toxikon pharmakon (arrow poison).
The Greek root word that means sound is "phone," which can be found in words like telephone, microphone, and symphony.
It comes from the Greek words for "joint" and "foot."
Techne is the ancient Greek word for "art."
It comes from the Latin words for "alone" and "speak." (It is not Greek)