Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “sonic” come from?

Sonic comes from Latin sonus, meaning sound, which derives from the Latin root suus.

sonic (English): Of or relating to sound; Having a speed...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to sound; Having a speed...

Ancestry of “sonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
2Latinsonō—
3Proto-Italic*swonaō—

Words derived from “sonic”

  • ultrasonic
  • supersonic
  • subsonic
  • sonication
  • hypersonic
  • ultrasonically
  • sonically
  • transonic
  • sonification
  • infrasonic
  • ultrasonication
  • magnetosonic
  • sonics
  • sonicate
  • supersonically
  • intersonic
  • subsonically
  • sonifier
  • ambisonics
  • sonify
  • hypersonically
  • nonultrasonic
  • transonically
  • presonication
Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →