Where does “sonnerie” come from?

sonnerie (French) comes from French sonner, from Old French soner, from Latin sonāre, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

sonnerie (French): ringing; alarm, alarm clock; ringtone

Definitions

  1. ringing; alarm, alarm clock; ringtone

Ancestry of “sonnerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsonnerto sound; to ring
2Old Frenchsonerto sound
3Latinsonāre—
4Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
5Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
6Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound
Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Latin sonus →