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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Nominal form of the verb φθέγγομαι(phthéngomai, “to utter a sound, raise one's voice”).[1]
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φθέγγομαι (> DER > 4. φθόγγος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1568-9