gramophone
Meanings
noun
- A record player.
noun
- A Grammy.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) English Gramophoneder. English gramophone From the trademark Gramophone, coined by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887 after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
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