Where does “multisonous” come from?
multisonous (English) comes from Latin multisonus, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
multisonous (English): Having many sounds
Definitions
- Having many sounds
Ancestry of “multisonous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | multisonus | — |
| 2 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 3 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |