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archaeoacoustics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the role of sound in historical artifacts and sites.
  2. The theory that patterns on ancient artifacts encode the sounds produced while they were being created, now considered a pseudoscience.

Word forms

archaeoacoustics

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archaeo- 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) 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 archaeoacoustics From archaeo- + acoustics.

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