Where does “Sony” come from?

Sony is a Japanese company name derived from Latin sonus meaning "sound," with the suffix -ia forming a noun, influenced by the English word sonny, which comes from English son, ultimately from Latin suus and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Sony (English): An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan

Definitions

  1. An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan

Ancestry of “Sony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
2Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
3Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “Sony”

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