Where does “assonance” come from?

assonance (French) comes from Spanish asonancia, from Latin assonāre.

assonance (French): assonance; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. assonance; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “assonance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishasonanciaassonance
2Latinassonāre—

Words derived from “assonance”

Every word from Latin assonāre →Every word from Spanish asonancia →