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Phone is short for telephone.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), related to fame.

Suffix

  1. A type of sound.
    allophone; homophone
  2. A device that makes a sound.
    aerophone; saxophone
  3. A device related to the telephone.
    textphone
  4. A speaker of a certain language.
    Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone

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