"having no sound," 1827, with -ic + Greek aphonos "voiceless," from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + phone "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say."
aphelion
apheresis
aphetic
aphid
aphonia
aphonic
aphorism
aphoristic
aphotic
Aphra
aphrodisiac