homophonous

adjective

characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way

Roots

homoshomo- · Greek · same phonephon- · Greek · sound, voice osus-ous · Latin · full of, having

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Where does homophonous come from?

The word homophonous breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: homo-, from Greek homos (“same”); phon, from Greek phone (“sound, voice”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“full of, having”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.