Where does “sonata” come from?
Sonata comes from Italian sonata, from Latin sonare meaning "to sound," derived from Latin sonus meaning "sound."
sonata (English): A musical composition for one or a few...
Definitions
- A musical composition for one or a few...
Ancestry of “sonata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sonata | sonata; feminine singular of sonato |
| 2 | Italian | sonare | Alternative form of suonare |
| 3 | Latin | sonāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 5 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |