microphone的词源

英文词源

microphone (n.)

1680s, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing," coined from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "amplifying telephone transmitter" (1878). Of the two spellings of the short form of the word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).

中文词源

microphone：话筒

micro-,微小的，phone,电话。比喻用法。

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

microphone：扩音器，麦克风

词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + -phon-声音 + -e