Where does “absonous” come from?

absonous (English) comes from Latin absonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

absonous (English): Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous

Definitions

  1. Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous

Ancestry of “absonous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsonusharsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous
2Latin-sonus—
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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