Where does “sontabulo” come from?

sontabulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto soni, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

sontabulo (Esperanto): sounding board

Definitions

  1. sounding board

Ancestry of “sontabulo”, step by step

sontabulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto soni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosonito sound; to make noise, make a sound
2Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
3Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

via Esperanto tabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotabuloboard, plank, tablet
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
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