1540s; agent noun from amplify. Electronic sense is from 1914; shortened form amp is from 1967. Alternative stentorphone (1921) did not catch on.
Amphitrite
amphora
amphoteric
ample
amplification
amplifier
amplify
amplitude
amply
ampoule
ampul
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