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Where does “sondaggio” come from?

sondaggio (Italian) comes from French sondage, 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.

sondaggio (Italian): sounding; drilling, boring; probing

Definitions

  1. sounding; drilling, boring; probing

Ancestry of “sondaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsondagepoll, survey; probing, probe, catheterization;...
2Frenchsonderto probe; to survey and take measurements using a...
3Middle Frenchsonder—
4Old Frenchsonderto plumb
5Old Frenchsondesounding line
6Old Englishsundswimming; sea, water
7Old Norsesundswimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound
8Proto-Germanicsundąswimming; sound, strait
9Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

Words derived from “sondaggio”

  • sondaggistico
  • radiosondaggio
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