homophone的词源

英文词源

homophone (n.)

"a word pronounced the same as another (whether spelled the same or not) but different in meaning," 1843, from the adjective homophone (1620s), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Homophonic.

中文词源

homophone：同音异义词

homo-,相同的，-phone,发音，发声，词源同phone.即同音的，用于语法指同音异义词，如two,too.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：homophone 词源，homophone 含义。

homophone：同音异义词

词根词缀： -homo-同,同一 + -phon-声音 + -e