Where does “échosondeur” come from?
échosondeur (French) comes from French sondeur, from French sonder, from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
échosondeur (French): echo sounder
Definitions
- echo sounder
Ancestry of “échosondeur”, step by step
échosondeur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French sondeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sondeur | pollster; sounder, depth finder |
| 2 | French | sonder | to probe; to survey and take measurements using a... |
| 3 | Middle French | sonder | — |
| 4 | Old French | sonder | to plumb |
| 5 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 6 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 7 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |