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Where does “ultrason” come from?

ultrason (French) comes from French son, from Middle French son, from Old French son, from Vulgar Latin sum, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

ultrason (French): ultrasound

Definitions

  1. ultrasound

Ancestry of “ultrason”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsonsound; His, her, its; bran
2Middle Frenchsonsound
3Old Frenchsonhis/hers/its
4Vulgar Latinsumto be, exist, have; to be there; to go
5Latinsuushis, her, its, their
6Proto-Italicsowoshis, her, its, their
7Proto-Indo-Europeansewos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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