Where does “sonet” come from?
sonet (Crimean Tatar) comes from Russian сонет, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
sonet (Crimean Tatar): sonnet
Definitions
- sonnet
Ancestry of “sonet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сонет | sonnet |
| 2 | Italian | sonetto | sonnet; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old Occitan | sonet | a song |
| 4 | Old Occitan | son | song, sound |
| 5 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 6 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |