Where does “sonneteeress” come from?
sonneteeress (English) comes from English sonneteer, from English sonnet, from French sonnet, from German Sonett, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus — to sound, resound.
sonneteeress (English): A female writer of sonnets
Definitions
- A female writer of sonnets
Ancestry of “sonneteeress”, step by step
sonneteeress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sonneteer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sonneteer | A writer of sonnets or small poems; To compose... |
| 2 | English | sonnet | A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting... |
| 3 | French | sonnet | sonnet |
| 4 | German | Sonett | sonnet |
| 5 | Italian | sonetto | sonnet; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | sonet | a song |
| 7 | Old Occitan | son | song, sound |
| 8 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 9 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |