cacophonous
The origin and history of cacophonous.
Etymology
An adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) with -ous added, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) and -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). Read as its surface parts, it is caco- + -phonous.
The origin and history of cacophonous.
An adapted borrowing of Ancient Greek κακόφωνος (kakóphōnos) with -ous added, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) and -φωνος (-phōnos, “sounding”). Read as its surface parts, it is caco- + -phonous.
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