Pronounced: KAH-luh-kwee, noun
Notes: You might be able to guess at the definition
Yesterday’s word
The word homophone is “a word or phrase that, when spoken, appears to be the same as a different word or phrase on a person’s lips”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
The example I read was “my” and “pie”, which have the same lip movements. I noted yesterday that I knew the parts of the word, but it turns out that I was only partially correct. I thought the word was made up of homo- (same) and phone (sound). I was right about homo-, but I was wrong about the second part. It is from the Greek word phainein (to show).
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