adjective
aphonic; voiceless, unvoiced; silent (that represents no sound)
Synonyms: afónico
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φωνος (-phōnos) Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos)lbor. Spanish áfono Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos). By surface analysis, a- + -fono.