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.
sonnerie (French): ringing; alarm, alarm clock; ringtone
Definitions
- ringing; alarm, alarm clock; ringtone
Ancestry of “sonnerie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sonner | to sound; to ring |
| 2 | Old French | soner | to sound |
| 3 | Latin | sonāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 5 | Latin | sonō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | — |