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Where does “sonority” come from?

Sonority comes from Latin sonōritas, derived from sonōrus (sounding) and the suffix -itas, ultimately from sonus (sound).

sonority (English): The property of being sonorous; Relative loudness...

Definitions

  1. The property of being sonorous; Relative loudness...

Ancestry of “sonority”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsonoritésonority, tone
2Latinsonoritasfullness of sound, melodiousness
3Latinsonorussounding, resounding
4Latinsonorsound; first-person singular present passive...
5Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
6Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
7Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
8Proto-Indo-European-oss—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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